Anthony Joshua was rightly criticised for his performance against Jermaine Franklin, who ended up enhancing his own name in the process, but are we being fair?

It depends on how you want to frame AJ's career. Tune in and see where this episode lands on this topic.

When Dave Coldwell loses faith in you, and he is Matchroom through and through, you know it is bad.

The performance was not a disaster, but it wasn’t the spectacular statement we were promised. Is that because Anthony Joshua is on the downside of his career?

The demands of his style on is body are massive and the demands on his mind and spirit from the public are even greater. Is it all catching up to Anthony Joshua now?

What a mad journey that has led Anthony Joshua and Jermaine Franklin to the O2 on April 1st.

Whatever you think of AJ, the man did beat the odds of life and now sits in a position where he can take or leave boxing.

The question is, after Saturday, which will he choose?

This weekend we had three televised cards, and all of them were weak. This country does not have the talent pool to be spreading fighters so thin. It will kill the sport, at a time when fans have very little to be excited about.

When will we hold promoters, other than Eddie Hearn, accountable because they should have put him out of business ages ago.

The fact that he is still top of the tree is a sad indictment of where boxing is.

Timing is everything, and from looking like a guy on the verge of a crisis, Eddie Hearn has come out fighting these last few weeks.

Maybe he knows he is on borrowed time at DAZN, because the experiment is not working.

When you have Dan Azeez firing, and you've got Ben Whittaker to come, signing Joshua Buatsi seems odd.

Not a signing borne from desperation but maybe muddled thinking.

Josh has flattered to deceive for 6 years now, and you suspect that, at his age, making the necessary progress to be truly elite may prove difficult.

Big congratulations to Dan Azeez - European Champion!

We all though Eddie Hearn was the problem, and that, if we moved him out the way, all the big fights would happen.

Well, it turns out he wasn't the problem, we still can't get the fights we want. Now, people wonder why the Youtube market is growing rapidly.

Conor Benn, in another badly advised move, decided to go on the piers Morgan show.

As much as Piers tried to low-ball Conor and throw him some crumbs, Benn kept shooting himself in the foot.

So, I had to say something.

Warren Boxing Management look like they might be bringing small-hall boxing back.

Is this a start of something new, or has the boxing market rebounded post-COVID?

Also, this is the time i pause to reflect on Haye-Bellew and the pivoltal effect it had on my life in boxing.

A quick round up of everything that I have missed in the last week.