Jermaine Franklin vows to KO Anthony Joshua after heartbreak of being ‘cheated’ out of victory against Dillian Whyte
JERMAINE FRANKLIN is ready to knock out Anthony Joshua to avoid more heartbreak on British scorecards.
Franklin lost to Dillian Whyte in November on a disputed points decision which AJ was ringside at Wembley Arena for.
But the American's performance and grace in defeat has earned him the chance to welcome Joshua back to the ring on April 1.
This time though, Franklin travels to London's O2 Arena knowing victory will only be secured via total domination or a KO blow.
He told : "I'm trying to knock AJ out. I know I'm probably not going to get no fair shake over here. That's our mentality, kill.
"I don't want to s*** on nobody, but we've already kind of been through that. We kind of just got through that situation.
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"Honestly, because I won the last fight on points. The CompuBox numbers say I outpunched him in almost every round, by four rounds and they gave him the fight.
"I feel like I'm in a position where I have to knock him out or dominate the whole fight, extremely dominate the whole fight."
Joshua, 33, is coming off successive losses to pound-for-pound star Oleksandr Usyk, 36, ahead of his must-win comeback bout.
Meanwhile Franklin, 29, was forced to get over the sickening feeling of being robbed on the cards.
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But he also takes exception to the tactics Whyte, 34, used and calls for better officiating against AJ.
He said: "I watched it probably like two-three times, I felt like I won. There was a lot of cheating going on in that damn fight.
"I was like, 'Damn, I just need a bit of fairness.' I kept getting clubbed, low-blows, headbutted, all types of s***.
"But as soon as I did something, the ref was on me. I was like, 'Yeah, all I asked for was a fair shake.'
"I know I ain't gonna get a fair shake on everything but at least keep me protected in the ring.
"That was the biggest thing I took from it, besides that I thought I easily won the fight 7-5."
