Jermaine Franklin Says His Goal Is To KO Anthony Joshua: “I Want To Knock His Ass Out’

Jermaine Franklin is confident he will KO Anthony Joshua.

Franklin is set for the toughest test of his career as he’s set to take on Anthony Joshua at The O2 in London this Saturday, April 1 on DAZN for free. It’s a massive fight for Joshua as Eddie Hearn has said it’s do-or-die for his career and Franklin knows Joshua believes he is a tune-up.

“For him, they say his career is on the line. For me, everything is on the line,” Franklin said (via BoxingScene). “That’s how I treat every fight. I’ve been boxing all my life and I’m not nervous for this. If you get nervous, you’re in the wrong sport. They’re probably looking at me like I’m a pushover or a walkover or something like that but they’re going to be in for a rude awakening. A goal of mine is I want to be a unified World Champion. I just want to help boxers. I love the sport and I want to continue to help other fighters grow. I want to give back to the sport what it gave to me.

“The circumstances around this fight are very different. For the Dillian fight I was working a job before we got that phone call. I wasn’t in the gym,” Franklin said. “We took like 5-7 weeks to get in shape for that fight. For the time I had I did what I could. This time I’ve got more time to prepare and more time to get in shape. We’re doing all we can. I showed people what I could do against Dillian. I showed people I can hang up there with some of the best. Dillian is a top 10/top 15 fighter and I showed people what I’m capable of. I don’t feel like I lost. We came home and we worked on stuff. We got better and we perfected our craft. We learned some different techniques and ways to attack.”

Jermaine Franklin is coming off a loss to Dillian Whyte but in the loss, he looked impressive which helped him get this fight against Joshua.

Although Franklin knows this is a good spot for him, he is confident he won’t just put up a good fight but believes he won’t just beat Joshua but will KO him.

“My performance against Dillian most definitely led to this fight. He could have picked anybody that he wanted to but he chose me. Maybe he’s trying to prove to himself that he can do something to me that Dillian couldn’t. Who knows. We don’t play boxing. I’ve come here to wake him and the rest of the world up,” Joshua said. “I feel like I’m winning hands down at the end of the fight. As far as him with the trainers and stuff, I can’t pinpoint on what kind of style he’s going to try to use. We just do our job and prepare for whatever style. Get ready to see a new and improved Jermaine Franklin. Fans are going to see me come out and fight way better fight than the Dillian fight. It is time for people to take me seriously. This is my new dawn. It’s my time to make my claim. I want to knock his ass out, that’s the goal.”

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