{"id":81950,"date":"2025-08-21T06:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T06:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/81950\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T06:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T06:21:08","slug":"jermaine-franklins-promoter-predicts-putting-pressure-on-ivan-dychko-will-make-him-fold-on-canelo-crawford-undercard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/81950\/","title":{"rendered":"Jermaine Franklin\u2019s Promoter Predicts Putting Pressure On Ivan Dychko Will Make Him \u2018Fold\u2019 On Canelo-Crawford Undercard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jermaine Franklin<\/a> felt he couldn\u2019t turn down his biggest challenge, literally and figuratively, since his loss to Anthony Joshua in April 2023.
Returning from a 15-month layoff against an undefeated, 6-foot-9 puncher isn\u2019t ideal. The exposure of facing Ivan Dychko<\/a> on the Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford undercard<\/a> should make that risk well worthwhile, however. Franklin and Dychko will fight on the YouTube portion of the show, which is set for Sept. 13 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. <\/p>\n

Dychko (15-0, 14 KOs) has knocked out 93 percent of his opponents as a professional. Franklin (23-2, 15 KOs), of Saginaw, Michigan, isn’t that kind of puncher, but Dmitriy Salita, Franklin\u2019s promoter, sees flaws in Dychko that the skillful Franklin can expose.<\/p>\n

\u201cIvan Dychko is a talented fighter,\u201d Salita told The Ring. \u201cHe can box. Based on what I\u2019ve seen with him, if you give him distance and you allow him to dictate the pace, then his power and his skills usually prevail. But if you put pressure on him and are kind of physical with him, he kind of folds and doesn\u2019t react well.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you\u2019ve seen that since he was an amateur. Although he has some great wins, he also has some explosive losses as well. He\u2019s a very good fighter, but if Jermaine shows up at his best, I believe he has the skills to beat Dychko. What a great fight, by the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Facing Franklin, 31, is a step up in competition for Dychko, a decorated amateur whose pro record has been built against a low level of opposition since he debuted in September 2017. Dychko stopped onetime contender Aleksandr Ustinov in the first round in December 2021, but Ustinov was knocked out in the first round of his previous bout and four times overall before he faced Dychko.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-2 Franklin has been beaten only by Joshua<\/a> (28-4, 25 KOs), a former unified heavyweight champion, and two-time championship challenger Dillian Whyte<\/a> (31-4, 21 KOs). He lost those two 12-round bouts on points, so Salita expects Franklin to withstand Dychko\u2019s power in their 10-rounder.<\/p>\n

Dychko has won twice since Franklin\u2019s last fight, a technical knockout of faded 2004 U.S. Olympian Devin Vargas (22-11, 9 KOs) after six one-sided rounds in May 2024. However, the two-time Olympic bronze medalist from Kazakhstan has logged less than five rounds combined over the past three years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that if the Jermaine that fought Dillian Whyte shows up, he beats Dychko,\u201d Salita said. \u201cJermaine has not been as active as I would\u2019ve liked for him to be, but he does stay in the gym, and he is taking this fight seriously.<\/p>\n

“Even though the fight was announced [Tuesday], it\u2019s been done for a month or so. He\u2019s been training, and he\u2019s gonna come in, I believe, in good condition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keith Idec is a senior writer and columnist for The Ring. He can be reached on X @idecboxing.<\/p>\n

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