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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Sport
Donagh Corby

Ripped Anthony Joshua records heaviest-ever weight for Jermaine Franklin fight

Anthony Joshua tipped the scales at a career-heavy 255lb this afternoon ahead of his comeback fight with Jermaine Franklin at the O2 Arena in London tomorrow evening.

The two-time world heavyweight champion will begin his journey back to the titles on Saturday against Franklin in a bout that will be make or break for his career. A loss, which would be his third in a row, could cost him his entire career, but a victory could catapult the Brit into a showdown this summer with Tyson Fury for the WBC belt.

And he packed on the size since reshuffling his team and moving to Texas, where he has trained under famed trainer Derrick James. Joshua is coming off the back of two losses to unified champion Oleksandr Usyk and is keen to prove himself as a top heavyweight again with a massive victory tomorrow.

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