Via Scott Gilfoid: Head of matchmaking Eddie Hearn is predicting a knockout win in a ‘declaration war’ for ‘wounded lion‘ Dillian ‘The Body Snatcher’ Whyte this Saturday night takes on tough American Jermaine Franklin on DAZN at the OVO Arena in London, England.
At this point in Whyte’s career, he’s an old, completely exhausted guy, placed in a position to take on a money fight he doesn’t deserve with Anthony Joshua.
Hearn feels it’s a big step for 29-year-old Franklin, who has never tasted failure and is coming to finish what is left of 34-year-old Whyte’s (March 28-March 28) dwindling career. 19 KOs).
Hearn says Franklin will hit Anthony Joshua if he wins on Saturday, but he will most likely be sent back to the UK for a rematch with Whyte.
There’s little chance Hearn will let Franklin ruin what’s left of Whyte’s shattered career in order to win a money-making match against Joshua in the first half of 2023.
Hearn wanted Dillian to be the one to face Joshua, not Franklin. As such, if the American wins on Saturday, he probably won’t fight Joshua, as Hearn said. Franklin will be pulled back to the UK to fight Whyte a second time if he defeats him this Saturday.
Whyte has lost two of his last four matches and lives off the success he enjoyed years ago. That boxer no longer exists, and now he’s been reduced to carefully confronting a little-known boxer from America in the hopes that if he can win, he will. be used as a prop for Anthony Joshua next year.
“I struggled to get it out of Jermaine Franklin. He’s so cool and calm. ‘I know what I’m going to do. I’ll let my boxing do the talking,’ and then the coach started talking. Oh, I love this,” said Eddie Hearn fight about today’s final press conference for the fight between Dillian Whyte and Jermaine Franklin on Saturday night live on DAZN.
“The main message from the coach was, ‘You are a wounded lion. You have just been eliminated [by Tyson Fury]. You are damaged goods, and we will do it again.’
“I thought it was a game of wits, but it was a head-to-head confrontation between Dmitry Salita and someone who said a few things. Dillian Whyte bit, and then he pushed him, and then Dmitry Salita said, ‘Let’s go.’
“I was like, ‘Oh, you’re so brave.’ You forget that Dmitry Salita is a fighter. Otherwise, you’ll love your chances against him. There are many on the line. Of course, I think Dillian Whyte is under pressure in this fight. He must win this war.
“Jermaine Franklin has chills. It’s a big opportunity for him. They have been waiting for this opportunity for ten years. He’s ready to throw down on Saturday night.
Hearn said: “I think Dillian Whyte won the fight, but he might have to go to the floor to do it. “I think Franklin has strong legs, he has a good boxing IQ, and I think he is a dangerous boxer.
“At the same time, we don’t know how the occasion and the magnitude of the outcry will affect Jermaine Franklin. He has never boxed at this level before. Golden Glove Champion, a great amateur, 21-0, etc., but you have to regroup tonight. That is the unanswered question of this war.
“I hope Dillian Whyte wins this match by knockout and make a statement. I think he looks good, he looks healthy and I think he wants to put himself in a position for a big fight in 2023,” Hearn said.
