By our Reporter

Former heavyweight champion,Anthony Joshua has on Saturday won a comeback fight against Jermaine Franklin.

Joshua defeated Franklin in the 12th round, claiming his first victory after suffering two consecutive defeats to Oleksandr Usyk

Joshua won Franklin by unanimous decision scores of 118-111 and 117-111 (twice) at the O2 Arena, London.

This was Joshua’s first fight without a world title attached in the past seven years.

Franklin, 29, an American boxer, holds an impressive 21-1 record. He suffered his first career defeat to Dillian Whyte through a majority decision last November. Tonight’s is his second defeat.