Ricky Hatton's son offers boxing advice to Anthony Joshua ahead of undercard appearance

Anthony Joshua has been told he needs to 'mark his authority' over the heavyweight division with a 'devastating' win over Jermaine Franklin in his comeback fight. That's the view of Ricky Hatton's son, Campbell.

Joshua is expected to return to the ring on Saturday for the first time since losing to Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia last year. And Campbell, the son of former multi-weight world champion Ricky and an undercard fighter, is confident Joshua will get the job done.

“I think AJ will win in devastating fashion,” he told . "The former AJ who took him to the level he got to, being a knockout artist and a great finisher, was brilliant. I think he kind of strayed from that a bit, which was the good thing. thing to do in this second Ruiz fight like that was what was needed.

"He needed to be a little more skilled in his approach, but I think it stuck with him for a couple of fights where it probably didn't sit well with him. If he can merge those two styles, he's laughing. I think this time he needs to come back and mark his authority over the division again.

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"Put that dog back in him. Go ahead and take him out and do what got him to this level. He knows he can fall back on that boxing if he needs to."

Hatton is ready to fight Louis Fielding on the undercard, with the 22-year-old undefeated prospect back in action less than a month after his last fight against Michel Gonxhe. "It's basically an instant turnaround, which is exactly what we want," he said. "I think we're showing these improvements every time, we're on the eight rounds and that's going to get the best out of me. I think I'll be much better on long fights because all my mistakes happen when I'm rushing things.

“Having a few extra rounds is just going to benefit me. I think we are going to see the best performance yet this weekend. I was just trying to go 100 mph with everything.

"Last time I showed that I thought about going up and down gears. It will be the same again this weekend. I will be looking to show a calculated performance."