{"id":432493,"date":"2023-04-01T20:02:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T00:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=432493"},"modified":"2023-04-01T19:29:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T23:29:01","slug":"anthony-joshua-beats-jermaine-franklin-after-decision","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/anthony-joshua-beats-jermaine-franklin-after-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua beats Jermaine Franklin after decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Joshua won his 1<sup>st<\/sup> fight in over 2 years against Jermaine Franklin at O2 Arena in London on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>The 3 judges gave the victory for the former heavyweight champion from the UK &#8211; 118-111, 117-111, and 117-111.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">12 rounds wasn&#8217;t enough for the two heavyweights today \ud83d\udc40<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JoshuaFranklin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#JoshuaFranklin<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/autozone?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@autozone<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ezGFyHMpEy\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ezGFyHMpEy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DAZNBoxing\/status\/1642297679794548736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Joshua won for the 25<sup>th<\/sup> time in his boxing career, as he lost his previous 2 fights with Oleksandr Usyk, and this was his 1<sup>st<\/sup> victory since December 2020 when he topped Kubrat Pulev.<\/p>\n<p>That was the first fight for Anthony that was not for a title since 2016, as after that, the British boxer fought 13 times for the world title.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua was a big favorite and even said before the fight that he would retire if he lost to his American opponent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83e\udd14 \u201cWho do I want next?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 \u201cIt would be an honour to get <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tyson_Fury?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Tyson_Fury<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BronzeBomber?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BronzeBomber<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Joshua reveals who he wants to fight next after beating Jermaine Franklin <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E0tayxqa8Y\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/E0tayxqa8Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/talkSPORT\/status\/1642302539616993280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would have liked a knockout, but it&#8217;s important to get the win,&#8221; Joshua told DAZN in the ring after the fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know who the fans want. Who do the fans want?&#8221; Joshua asked in his ring interview, to which the crowd responded was a near-unanimous shout of &#8220;Fury!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Joshua won his 1st fight in over 2 years against Jermaine Franklin at O2 Arena in London on Saturday night. 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