Anthony Joshua is back this April for his first fight since losing his unified world heavyweight title rematch to Oleksandr Usyk in August of last year.
The world heavyweight champion returns with a lower-ranked opponent to begin his journey back to the top of the heavyweight division, taking on American Jermaine Franklin at The O2 arena in London. Franklin most famously took Dillian Whyte to a controversial decision last year which he lost, despite many feeling he had done enough.
Joshua is expected to face Franklin in the first of three fights this year, with Whyte or Filip Hrgovic next before he goes for Tyson Fury or Deontay Wilder come year's end. He has taken on a new trainer in Derrick James, and moved out to America where he can work without as many distractions as the UK, where he is a massive celebrity.
