Anthony Joshua will start his comeback path with a combat in opposition to Jermaine Franklin at London’s O2 Arena on 1 April. The former international heavyweight champion suffered a 2d consecutive defeat to Oleksandr Usyk remaining August in Saudi Arabia.
Tyson Fury instigated talks over an all-British bout weeks after that cut up resolution loss in Jeddah however no international name combat was once approaching and now Joshua will go back to motion in opposition to Franklin.
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He showed the competition in a tweet that contained a poster for the combat and stated: “A new dawn.” Joshua was once ringside in November when Franklin misplaced to Dillian Whyte at Wembley Arena, the primary defeat of the American’s 22-fight profession.
There have been hypothesis earlier than Joshua being crushed by means of Usyk for a 2d time that the previous Olympic champion may stroll clear of the game. It was once instantly put to mattress after the 3rd lack of his profession when he confirmed his willingness to tackle Fury all the way through September talks.
While the ones plans fell via and conjecture over a rematch with Whyte by no means took off, he’ll start his newest quest at the trail to some other international name shot on the O2 Arena. Joshua remaining fought there in the summertime of 2016 when he beat Dominic Breazeale. It was once his 7th contest in Greenwich and maintained his 100% report there.
