10 months on from his last fight, heavyweight contender Jermain Franklin will return to action, this on May 23rd. Franklin, who took both Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte the distance in big fights in the UK, has got what pretty much looks like a nice easy one, what with the 30 year old from Saginaw to face Devin Vargas.
As is often the case when a big-name fighter flunks a drugs test, either before or after a fight, previous opponents of the busted fighter come out and wonder out loud if there was cheating afoot when they fought the flagged fighter in question.
Fighter turned promoter Dmitry Salita believes the current top three US heavyweights are, Deontay Wilder, Jared Anderson, and his guy, Jermaine Franklin.
Jermaine Franklin (22-2, 14 KOs) got back to his winning ways with a decisive ten round unanimous decision over Isaac Munoz (17-1-1, 14 KOs) in heavyweight action last Saturday night at the Masonic Temple in Detroit, Michigan.
IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC/WBO female super featherweight champion Alycia Baumgardner (15-1, 7 KOs) got revenge on Saturday night, beating Christina Linardatou (14-3, 6 KOs) by a ten round unanimous decision in Detroit.
Alycia Baumgardner (15-1, 7 KOs) retained her undisputed female super featherweight championship with a ten round unanimous decision win over Christina Linardatou (14-3, 6 KOs) in their long-awaited rematch on Saturday night at the Masonic Temple in Detroit, Michigan.
Female undisputed super featherweight champion Alycia Baumgardner (14-1, 7 KOs) weighed in at 129.4 lbs for her rematch against Christina Linardatou (14-2, 6 KOs) on Friday at the weigh-in for their rematch this Saturday night at the Masonic Temple in Detroit.
Eddie Hearn pretty much tipped his hands about who will be next for Anthony Joshua in July by having Dillian Whyte alongside him last Saturday night for the post-fight breakdown of AJ’s fight against Jermaine Franklin at the O2 Arena in London.
Anthony Joshua’s new trainer Derrick James confesses that he wished AJ had knocked out Jermaine Franklin last Saturday night instead of winning a 12 round unanimous decision at the O2 Arena in London.
Promoter Eddie Hearn says Anthony Joshua will be moving on for a “big fight in the summer” after his decisive twelve-round unanimous decision victory over Jermaine Franklin in AJ’s comeback fight last Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London.