JERMAINE FRANKLIN is a win over Dillian Whyte away from earning a multimillion dollar fight against Anthony Joshua.
The unbeaten American travels to London in a bid to spoil Whyte’s comeback party on Saturday at Wembley Arena.
Promoter Eddie Hearn has already said the winner will be rewarded with a mega-money payday against the returning AJ next year.
It leaves it all to play for, especially for outsider Franklin, who Hearn told: “If you win this fight, you’re getting the Anthony Joshua fight.
“AJ wants to fight Dillian Whyte. Maybe that’s one for the future.
“But for you to come over as an American to beat a Brit in London, you will get that fight, and you will make millions of dollars.
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“So all you’ve got to do is go through this guy to make millions of dollars.”
Franklin, 29, cooly responded: “I’ll worry about that after I get this win.”
Whyte, 34, beat Joshua, 33, in their 2009 amateur barnburner but was knocked out in their rematch six years later as professionals.
AJ, coming off consecutive losses to 35-year-old star Oleksandr Usyk, is taking time out of the ring to mentally recover from defeat.
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Whereas Whyte is already on the comeback trail following his recent knockout blow at the hands of WBC champion Tyson Fury, 34, in April.
A second straight loss could prove disastrous for Brixton’s Body Snatcher, but he is hungry for redemption.
Whyte said: “There’s no pressure on me. I’m a wounded lion at the minute. So that’s why these guys are jumping and yapping and yapping.
“What they forget is, I may be wounded, but I’m still a lion. I’m still a mother f***ing predator.
“That’s what a lion knows to do, to kill. Unless he loses his teeth. But my teeth are still in. See there. I’m always ready to kill.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
