Jermaine Franklin lets rip at referee for missing ‘blatant’ fouls during Anthony Joshua fight
Jermaine Franklin let rip at referee Marcus McDonnell for missing ‘blatant’ fouls during his fight with Anthony Joshua.against AJ at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday night.Franklin earned a fight with the former two-time heavyweight champion by pushing Dillian Whyte to the brink of defeat when they fought to aAfter being frustrated by the judges during his first trip to Britain, the 21-2 boxer was not pleased with how he was treated by McDonnell during the fight.: “Honestly, he was p***ing me off.
He added: “You could blatantly see it. I was getting collar tied, stiff-armed and it was p***ing me off because the ref was on the side that it was happening on sometimes. “I don’t know if you guys could see but a couple of times I just didn’t even try to wrestle, I just lifted my arms and started looking at the ref.“Like, ‘Come on now. I’m sitting here complaining about this, you’re not saying nothing, you’re watching him doing it, and when I do say something you say you don’t see it but tell me that I’m getting grabbed because I’m slipping inside.’
“That doesn’t give him the right to grab me, he’s supposed to back up or reposition himself. So, I let the ref frustrate me and take me off my gameplan – it was like I was fighting two people in there.” Despite being unhappy with how he allowed perceived injustices to impact his performance, Franklin did exceptionally well in the eyes of many and surely won’t be short of big fight offers moving forward.However, in his next bout, it would be good to see if he can do more than just survive.WBC heavyweight titleholder Tyson Fury.and he could be open to restarting negotiations for a British blockbuster clash with his long-time rival.
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