The comeback opponent selected to (hopefully) launch the comeback of former multiple beltholder Anthony Joshua has spoken out regarding his next adversary's place in HISTORY. Franklin (21-1, 14 KOs), who will be facing Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs) on April 1st at the O2 Arena in London on DAZN, sees it as strange that AJ didn’t fight Deontay Wilder or Tyson Fury, despite those being two obvious matches that should have been made by this point in his 10-year professional career.
I suppose I agree.
With Joshua's title opponents having collectively dropped a whopping 18 fights since Joshua defeated them, and Wilder and Fury having lost None outside of when stepping up against each other in that same span of time, we've certainly come a long way since the days when folks said that AJ had fought the "best opponents" of the three.
My guess is that no sooner than when Tyson Fury unifies the belts by crushing Oleksandr Usyk, the Los Banditos companies will fragment that title again, as sanctioning fees by shared rotation won't keep the cash register ringing.
Once that happens, Eddie ought to be able to snag his charge a title belt or two as Wilder, Fury, Joyce and Usyk all age out. But having blown or sidestepped a chance to face the best of the post-2015 era, won't that be a hollow prize!
Thoughts?
I suppose I agree.
With Joshua's title opponents having collectively dropped a whopping 18 fights since Joshua defeated them, and Wilder and Fury having lost None outside of when stepping up against each other in that same span of time, we've certainly come a long way since the days when folks said that AJ had fought the "best opponents" of the three.
My guess is that no sooner than when Tyson Fury unifies the belts by crushing Oleksandr Usyk, the Los Banditos companies will fragment that title again, as sanctioning fees by shared rotation won't keep the cash register ringing.
Once that happens, Eddie ought to be able to snag his charge a title belt or two as Wilder, Fury, Joyce and Usyk all age out. But having blown or sidestepped a chance to face the best of the post-2015 era, won't that be a hollow prize!
Thoughts?
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