Undercard for Anthony Joshua vs Jermaine Franklin on 1 April confirmed

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Anthony Joshua v Jermaine Franklin Press Conference

Joshua takes on Franklin at the O2 Arena (Picture: Getty)

British heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley and Campbell Hatton will be part of the undercard for Anthony Joshua vs Jermaine Franklin on 1 April.

Joshua returns to the O2 Arena looking to get back to winning ways following back-to-back defeats to Oleksandr Usyk.

Joining him on the card will be British heavyweight champion Wardley, who will take on Michael Coffie.

The 13-3 American will be fighting outside the US for just the second time, having lost three of his last four bouts.

It will be a quick turnaround for Hatton, meanwhile, having secured a points win over Michel Gonxhe in Liverpool on 11 March. He heads straight into what is set to be his first eight-rounder against Louis Fielding.

Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams will return to the UK, taking on River Wilson-Bent with middleweight rival Felix Cash also in action on the night, taking on Matteo Signani for the European title.  

Williams and Cash are expected to meet in their own middleweight showdown in a fight that is expected to go ahead this summer should both get through their April tests unscathed.

Boxing in London - Dillian v Jermaine Franklin

Wardley picked up the British title last time out (Picture: Getty)

Light-heavyweight prospect John Hedges meanwhile will take on Daniel Bocianski – a former Tommy Fury opponent having lost a points decision to the former Love Island star last April.

Also on the card will be Saudi Arabia-born super-lightweight Ziyad Almaayouf, 15-0 cruiserweight Juergen Uldedaj and German heavyweight Peter Kadiru.

Joshua’s opponent Franklin will be fighting in the capital for the second time in six months, having suffered a points decision defeat to Dillian Whyte in November.

The Michigan fighter felt he had done enough to get the win that night and will return to the UK confident of delivering a shock that would elevate his own world title prospects and end Joshua’s.

‘A win for sure takes me up there and puts me in that world title conversation [ahead of Joshua],’ he told Metro.co.uk last month.

‘A win here, maybe another couple after that, gets me that title shot but this win most definitely puts me in the conversation.’


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