Former world heavyweight champion Briton Anthony Joshua defeated American Jermain Franklin in the main fight of the boxing evening, which took place on the night of April 2 at the O2 Arena in London. A.J. dominated the ring throughout the fight, but acted carefully enough without putting himself at risk.. In turn, the American often tried to clinch, which also had a negative impact on the spectacularity of this confrontation.. After the final gong, the British and the American had a skirmish - Joshua patted the opponent on the back of the head with a glove, which Franklin did not like. The referee and the boxing teams had to step in to calm things down..

As a result, the judges unanimously gave the victory to Joshua: 118-111, 117-111 and 117-111. Review of the fight Joshua - Franklin.

We add that for AJ this was the first fight after two consecutive defeats from the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk.

In August last year, Joshua lost to Usyk in a rematch and was unable to regain the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts, which he lost in the first fight with the Ukrainian in September 2021. Joshua, 33, has 25 wins (22 by KO) and three losses on his track record.. For the first time, AJ lost in June 2019 to Andy Ruiz, but in December of the same year he defeated the Mexican in a rematch and regained his titles. As for the 29-year-old Franklin, he has 21 wins (14 by knockout) and two losses.. In his previous fight, in November last year, the American lost by decision to Briton Dillian Whyte..