Tony Bellew admits he nearly fought Jermaine Franklin's trainer after Anthony Joshua's win
Tony Bellew has revealed why he almost came to blows with a member of Jermaine Franklin’s team following Anthony Joshua’s win.at the O2 Arena in London.AdvertisementThe situation was quickly calmed down by members of their respective teams but not before someone from American’s corner pushed Joshua and found himself in Bellew’s crosshairs.after an angry confrontation with the man in question before he later explained exactly what was going through his mind at that moment.
“I didn’t want the trouble with him, but I just said, ‘What are you doing?’ And he went ‘What are you going to do?’ I said, ‘What the f*** are you going to do?’AdvertisementJoshua almost BRAWLS with Franklin after win and Bellew has altercationJoshua sends defiant message to 'haters' as rivals criticise performance in Franklin winCampbell Hatton scores fast and brutal body shot KO dad Ricky would be proud of“So, I’ve stepped down like ‘Let’s go!’ I stepped aside so I thought he was...
“What do you want me to do? I was just trying to tell the man that you can’t approach a fighter, you can’t do that. It’s down to the fighters and if Jermaine and [Anthony] are having a little tussle…” With the fight happening in front of former super-middleweight champion Carl Froch in his commentary position, one fan asked why he didn’t intervene.
It brought a light hearted reply from the ‘Cobra’. “It’s not gonna end well if I get involved,” he joked. “Bodies piled up as you can imagine.”
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