Anthony Joshua vs Jermaine Franklin fight time tonight

Anthony Joshua returns to the ring tonight against Jermaine Franklin, seven months removed from his deflating second defeat to Oleksandr Usyk. Heading into the fight Joshua is under more pressure than ever.

A win takes him one step closer to his ambitions of becoming a three-time world heavyweight champion while a loss could spell the end of his career. His opponent, Franklin, impressed British boxing fans with his excellent display against Dillian Whyte back in November and is now hoping to upset the apple cart in AJ’s back garden.

What time is it on?

The undercard gets underway at 6pm with the main event following at around 10.30pm.

How can I watch it?

All of the action is being broadcasted on DAZN with their coverage starting from 7pm. The event is not a pay-per-view attraction but will require viewers to sign up for the streaming service in order to view it.

DAZN has a number of subscription options starting from £9.99 a month. Joshua vs Franklin can be live-streamed via the broadcaster’s app and website on all good internet-connected devices.

Full card

Anthony Joshua vs Jermaine Franklin

Matteo Signani vs Felix Cash

Fabio Wardley vs Michael Polite Coffie

Austin Williams vs River Wilson-Bent

Campbell Hatton vs Louis Fielding

John Hedges vs Daniel Bocianski

Ziyad Almaayouf vs Georgi Velichkov

Peter Kadiru vs Alen Lauriolle

Juergen Uldedaj vs Benoit Huber

Quotes

Joshua: “Throughout my career, this is probably the most serious I’ve taken it, my food, my sleep, the way I’m training, I study the game. Everything I’ve learned good or bad I’m always putting it in another camp. So, I’m not really there to go out for coffees or talk about bulls***, I’m there to f***ing work and put my head down and get ready for a fight.”

Franklin: “I’ve always been confident in myself. I never lacked in confidence. But I’ve just been working, I got home and got right back in the gym [after the Whyte fight]. 

“It was a messed up fight so I’ve just been in the gym working, waiting. I feel like I won the fight 7-5 from what I watched, but it’s boxing. I won’t cry about it, I know how that stuff goes. So it was just back to the drawing board for me, trying to get back in shape and look for different aspects, different ways to attack, different points to my game and just overall improvement.”