Joshua’s weight worries Lennox Lewis in tonight fight against Franklin

Joshua’s weight worries Lennox Lewis in tonight fight against Franklin

Ahead of Anthony Joshua‘s return bout tonight against American Jermaine Franklin in London, his current (Anthony) weight of 255lb is a cause for concern for Lennox Lewis.
Lewis is the last undisputed boxing heavyweight champion.
Joshua’s weight in this comeback fight is considered his career’s heaviest.
But Promoter Eddie Hearn believes Joshua wants to ’cause mass destruction’ against Franklin.
Joshua tipped the scales at a career heaviest 255lbs ahead of his storied boxing career.

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Before this week’s weigh-in, the most Joshua had posted on the scales was 254lb against Carlos Takam in 2017 (10th round TKO) and the fight prior to that (Wladimir Klitschko, 11th round TKO) he was 250lb on the dot.
For Franklin – a small heavyweight by today’s standards – the Olympic Gold Medalist and two-time unified world champion has weighed in at 255lb.
Whilst many believe Joshua will arrive at London’s O2 Arena to do a job on the American in the first half of the fight, others believe the weight will take its toll as the fight goes on and if the stoppage can’t be found.
Asked by a fan if ‘AJ’ is over weight and under prepared, Lewis couldn’t be sure but the number on the scales was enough to ‘concern’ him.
“Hard to say but it is concerning,” he said.