Anthony Joshua vs Jermaine Franklin will be live on talkSPORT as AJ begins quest to become three-time heavyweight world champion
talkSPORT will broadcast Anthony Joshua's highly anticipated fight against Jermaine Franklin on April 1 live from the O2 Arena in London.
The British boxing superstar is now on the comeback trail and chasing the goal of becoming a three-time heavyweight world champion following his defeats to Oleksandr Usyk.
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He will face a stern test in the form of America's Franklin, who fans saw only narrowly edged out by Dillian Whyte in a contentious decision late last year.
The lead up to the fight will include hours of boxing content across the network with regular shows, the popular Fight Night podcast and extensive reporting across marvelbet369.com and the talkSPORT Boxing YouTube channel.
Fight Night will start from 7:30pm on Saturday, April 1 with coverage of the undercard on talkSPORT 2.
The main event and latter stages of the undercard will be broadcast on talkSPORT from 9pm.
The talkSPORT broadcast team for the event will include former European champion Spencer Oliver. He will be accompanied by Adam Catterall, Gareth A Davies and commentator Andy Clarke.
Jim White and Simon Jordan (weekdays 10am-1pm) will cover the press conference on Thursday, March 30, and host a three-hour special edition of their White and Jordan show live from the weigh-in on Friday, March 31.
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The fight forms part of ‘Showdown Saturday’ on talkSPORT with exclusive radio coverage of Manchester City’s lunchtime clash with Liverpool, followed by another exclusive Premier League commentary at 3pm and then Joshua vs Franklin in the evening.
Head of talkSPORT, Liam Fisher said: “What a fight this promises to be.
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"We had exclusive rights to AJ’s last bout and can’t wait to cover his ring return against Franklin.
"talkSPORT continues to prove that its the home of boxing, giving fans a close up of the action from our expert team of commentators and pundits across our radio and social channels, plus our website.”
You can tune in to talkSPORT and talkSPORT 2 via our free online streaming service at marvelbet369.com, DAB digital radio, download the talkSPORT app, or ask your smart speaker to play talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2. talkSPORT is also widely available across the UK on 1089 or 1053 AM.
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