Jermaine Franklin ready to ‘prove world wrong’ against Anthony Joshua
There has always been a certain aura to heavyweight boxers, be it their outsized muscles, brash personalities or, more commonly, both. It is meant as no disservice to Jermaine Franklin that he does not necessarily possess either.
Anthony Joshua’s next opponent is unassuming to the point of being passive outside the ring, soft in voice and around the edges, hunched forward deferentially in a nondescript black hoodie. There is no entourage in sight, no army of logos besieging his clothing, just a 29-year-old from Saginaw, Michigan, who has trodden a long and lonely road between shifts at a housing insulation factory to reach boxing’s summit.
Franklin is no stranger to London, although his return on Saturday night against Joshua at the O2 arena was hardly
