Jermaine Franklin: record, next fight and profile →
Eddie Hearn apparently has no patience these days for anyone lampooning the frontrunner to become Anthony Joshua’s next opponent. Jermaine Franklin, the heavyweight contender from Saginaw, Michigan, is slated to face London’s Joshua, the former unified heavyweight champion, in April.
Former two division champion David Haye expects Anthony Joshua to pull off an impressive, dominant win in a planned fight against heavyweight contender Jermaine Franklin. Joshua, who is looking to bounce back after losing consecutive fights to Oleksandr Usyk, is scheduled to return on April 1 at the O2 Arena in London.
Jermaine Franklin has secured another opportunity to try to ruin Dillian Whyte’s plans. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Franklin and former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua have agreed to terms for an April 1 bout at O2 Arena in London. The Daily Mail, a London tabloid, first reported that the Joshua-Franklin fight is set.
Dmitriy Salita, promoter for heavyweight contender Jermaine Franklin, is hoping to receive an official offer in the coming days for a showdown with former two-time world champion Anthony Joshua.
Jermaine Franklin, a once-defeated American heavyweight contender, has reportedly emerged as a serious candidate to face British star Anthony Joshua in the spring.
Dmitriy Salita respects what Dillian Whyte has accomplished in the heavyweight division, but he doesn’t appreciate how Whyte has handled his controversial victory over Jermaine Franklin.
The beginning of Dillian Whyte’s year didn't quite go according to plan. But, even with the heavyweight contender suffering a brutal knockout loss at the hands of Tyson Fury on April 23rd, the 35-year-old was determined to turn things around.
There is only one rematch that interests Dillian Whyte now that he has beaten Jermaine Franklin. With a lucrative second showdown with Anthony Joshua probable for some time in 2023, the brash heavyweight contender cannot see any reason why he should face Franklin again. Whyte walked away from the ring at OVO Arena
Eddie Hearn isn’t certain whether Dillian Whyte and Anthony Joshua will fight next. Their promoter hopes, of course, that the worst-case scenario is that Joshua and Whyte will partake in one bout apiece prior to their rematch taking place sometime next summer at Wembley Stadium in London. Hearn even suggested that
Jermaine Franklin appreciated the respect Dillian Whyte showed him by raising Franklin’s arm in the ring after their fight Saturday night. That didn’t prevent Franklin from feeling like referee John Latham raised the wrong heavyweight’s arm after the official