Anthony Joshua interview: AJ on Jermaine Franklin, that Usyk speech, and money vs emotion

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It is something Joshua acknowledges himself; “I think people might not have understood why, when I’m fighting, I’m one way inside the ring and another outside the ring,” the 33-year-old says, something on which he will elaborate later. “I’m not saying ‘money’ because I’m balling, like I’m getting 50 Range Rovers and saying, ‘F*** you, you can’t come and sit in my car;’ I’ll get 50 Range Rovers to say, ‘Everyone come and feel what it’s like to sit in this Range Rover, and let’s put a plan in place so that you can get one, too.’” And what of that second loss to Usyk, in Jeddah, where a beaten, tempestuous Joshua paid tribute to his opponent’s talents but did so seemingly begrudgingly? “Sometimes I think, ‘Is Derrick not seeing that I’m dying here?’” Joshua laughs, discussing his training sessions with the American in Texas. I think people might not have understood why, when I’m fighting, I’m one way inside the ring and another outside the ring, but it’s my culture.” Joshua might always be misunderstood.