Jermaine Franklin (21-1, 14 KOs) proved himself to the British fans from a very good side, losing, but giving a hard fight Dillian Whyte. Now the American, according to the Daily Mail, will check how much strength he has left. Anthony Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs).
The London Olympic champion and former two-time world heavyweight champion returns after two consecutive losses to Oleksandr Usyk, who stripped him of the IBF, WBA and WBO belts. The first step towards regaining the title will be the fight in London on April 1st. And the first obstacle in this project should be Franklin.
In his youth, according to Franklin himself, his idol was another English champion, Lennox Lewis. Jermaine started boxing at the age of twelve when he began to have behavioral problems at school. And although until this moment Franklin did not have enough stars from the sky, technically he can do a lot. And Dillian Whyte was well aware of this. Jermain had a two-year break in the 2020/21 season. During this time, he declared bankruptcy, got a permanent job and took care of his two daughters.
“My ex-manager gave me a lot of trouble. He didn't care about me, and in the two years that I was out of the ring, a lot of bad things happened. I had to think about my family, I drove and picked up girls from school, I worked, and I was so tired that I often missed training, ”said Franklin, who returned to the ring in May last year, showed great overweight on the scales, but was able to ahead of schedule to win against second-tier fighter Rodney Moore. This opened the door to his November clash with White, and possibly a fight against Joshua.
