JOSHUA-FRANKLIN PREVIEW

A WEEK has passed since Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk and their respective teams finally pulled the plug on the heavyweight superfight.

In a way, it’s almost a relief that, this weekend, we get a contest free from such complications when Anthony Joshua embarks on the next stage of his career against Jermaine Franklin. Surely Joshua won’t slip up, will he?

We examine those two talking points, look back on David Benavidez beating Caleb Plant, Lawrence Okolie’s return and, in This Week, go back to 1998 and the collision between Lennox Lewis and Shannon Briggs.

If you’ve read this far, you probably have time to leave a review…