Anthony Joshua ACCEPTS CHALLENGE FROM Tyson Fury FOR A FIGHT / Deontay Wilder - Andy Ruiz FIGHT

Anthony Joshua ACCEPTS CHALLENGE FROM Tyson Fury FOR A FIGHT Deontay Wilder - Andy Ruiz FIGHT WBO World heavyweight champion Lawrence Okali said he was ready to fight British heavyweight Anthony Joshua if he offered to share the ring with him. "Heavyweights are much slower and they get tired much faster. You must have enough power to restrain them, because otherwise they will go ahead and tear you apart. If you're strong enough, then they'll have to respect you for it. It's a good combination. I wouldn't disrespect Joshua by challenging him or anything like that, because I took an example from him. But if, as a friend, he tells me that he wants to make millions, then I don't want to say no," Okoli said in an interview with Sky Sports. American heavyweight Jermaine Franklin believes that the team of former world champion Anthony Joshua chose him as AJ's opponent, and not Dillian White, because he believes that in reality he defeated the British boxer. "White lost. CompuBox says it has lost. The judges may give him the fight, but the English fans don't think he won the fight. I know what boxing is. It's a dirty game, but White can give me a rematch so I can kick his ass again. I think Joshua's team chose me because in the eyes of the world I beat White. I think I won fairly with a score of 7-5. CompuBox says I won 8-4, but we won't cry about it. We will come back bigger and stronger. Right after the fight, I was not myself because of this shit, but then I started to look at the situation differently. I was ready to come back and continue honing my skills," Franklin told the Express website. American heavyweight Jermaine Franklin said that he would be the key to victory in a fight with the former two-time world champion in his weight category, Briton Anthony Joshua. "He doesn't like to be touched. From what I've seen, Joshua doesn't like being pushed and punched. So any blow that reaches the target will upset him. In fact, I'm going to go there and be entertaining in order to deprive my opponent of the opportunity to implement his plan. We will be ready for anything. It doesn't matter if Joshua wants to box or fight. I don't feel any additional pressure, but at the same time I am aware of the situation and understand what position I am in. I want to go there and beat him so that this time I don't leave any doubt about the winner. So if I implement my plan, then everything will be fine," Franklin said. The newly-appointed member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF), British boxing legend Carl Froch, shared his opinion on which of the current world champions has every chance to take a place in the pantheon of the greatest fighters of all time. "Tyson Fury is the number one heavyweight in the world," Froch said on his YouTube channel Froch on Fighting. "He is one of the few heavyweights who could perform and be successful in any era." "He's on a par with Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis and Riddick Bowie. I think he's big enough and trained enough to handle everyone listed above. He's really huge and he has great skills." Former united heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua said that boxing legends, whom he constantly equaled, turned away from him after two defeats "It's crazy to think that many legends that I adore, people that I look up to, are now doing podcasts, and I can go online and hear what they say. I've done a lot to earn the respect and admiration of the people I adore. You're chasing it to some extent. When I lost the titles, I felt that the admiration and respect of boxing legends just disappeared with these belts. It was a bitter pill, but now I'm in a position where I think like this: "Fuck everyone, I'm doing this for myself." I no longer face this bullshit when I put pressure on myself, believing that I have to do this or that," Joshua said. The head of the Matchroom Boxing promotion company Eddie Hearn commented on the words of Deontay Wilder's manager Shelly Finkel that the American boxer is ready to fight Tyson Fury. "Deontay Wilder wants different fights. He has only recently visited Saudi Arabia to see what can really be arranged there. So he's aiming for big fights. But I would like to see this fight. It's a good fight. Wilder is another guy that Anthony Joshua should target in 2023 if he passes Jermaine Franklin on April 1," Hearn said. Undefeated British heavyweight Joe Joyce said that after the fight with Chinese Zhang Zhilei he wants to fight WBC world champion Tyson Fury. "I have to beat Zhilei first before I can beat Fury. I intend to show a crushing performance and vividly defeat Zhilei. After that, I will insist on a fight with Fury. I want this fight. Fury said he wanted to fight me. I'm going to have a big fight with Zhilei. I hope that everything settles down, and after that I will fight with Fury.