Anthony Joshua Sesumbar Bakal Pensiun jika Kalah lawan Jermaine Franklin

I Gede Ardy Estrada

Editor: I Gede Ardy Estrada

Petinju kelas berat Anthony Joshua
Petinju kelas berat Anthony Joshua akan naik ring menghadapi Jermaine Franklin di O2 Arena, London, Inggris, Sabtu (1/4/2023) malam waktu setempat. (Hendy AS/Skor.id)

SKOR.id – Mantan juara tinju kelas berat WBA (Super), IBF, WBO dan IBO Anthony Joshua akan melakoni pertarungan pertamanya tahun ini pada Sabtu (1/4/2023). Lawannya adalah Jermaine Franklin.

Kedua petinju dijadwalkan untuk duel di O2 Arena, London, Inggris, pada Sabtu malam waktu setempat. Joshua mengaku sudah memiliki strategi untuk menumbangkan Franklin.

Ia memang sangat berambisi menang setelah dalam dua laga sebelumnya kalah dari Oleksandr Usyk (September 2021 dan Agustus 2022). Yang pertama membuat Joshua kehilangan sabuk gelar kelas berat.

“Saya sudah memiliki gameplan. Pikiran saya benar, fokus dan saya siap bertempur,” ujar AJ, sapaan akrab Anthony Joshua, yang memiliki rekor 24 kemenangan dan 3 kekalahan, kepada BBC Sports.

Joshua, yang lebih berat sekitar 9 kilogram (kg) daripada Jermaine Franklin, menargetkan kemenangan KO (knockout). Ia mengatakan akan menggunakan bobot dan kekuatannya.

“Saya tahu saya punya kemungkinan melakukannya (menang KO). Tetapi ada proses untuk sampai ke sana. Saya akan mengikuti saja prosesnya,” petinju Inggris itu menuturkan.

Menjelang pertarungannya, AJ juga menyatakan bahwa dirinya bakal mempertaruhkan lebih banyak dari biasanya. Ia mengeklaim siap gantung sarung tinju alias pensiun jika sampai kalah melawan Franklin.

“Ya, Saya akan pensiun bila saya kalah. Jika orang-orang ingin saya pensiun, saya akan pensiun. Saya tak akan bertarung jika orang tidak menginginkan saya,” kata AJ dilansir Marca

“Ini bukan tentang uang. Ini soal persaingan di dalam diri Anda. Itu yang penting. Saya tahu ketika saya pensiun, saya bisa santai. Anda memberi banyak tekanan kepada saya, jadi ketika saya selesai (pensiun), itu akan hilang.”

Di sisi lain, Jermaine Franklin, yang memiliki rekor 21 kemenangan dan sekali kalah, tak dianggap sebagai petinju yang cerdik secara teknik. Dengan total 14 kali menang KO, ia pun bukan sosok pemukul berat.

Meski begitu, petinju asal Michigan, Amerika Serikat tersebut mengatakan dirinya dalam kondisi terbaik. Franklin merasa fisiknya jauh lebih bagus karena gaya hidup yang lebih sehat.     

“Kami mendekati pertarungan ini dengan sikap yang benar-benar baru, strategi yang sama sekali baru. Dia (Joshua) mungkin bertambah sedikit, tapi kami siap untuk apa pun,” Franklin mengungkapkan.

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