Foreman sees Joshua as favourite against Klitschko

England’s Anthony Joshua (right) delivers the winning punch against USA’s Eric Molina during the IBF World Heavyweight Championship in Manchester, England, on December 10 last year. [AFP]

Boxing legend George Foreman says Britain’s Anthony Joshua is his favourite to win this month’s clash of the heavyweight giants against Wladimir Klitschko. “If I were a gambler, I’d see Joshua as a 6-5 favourite. So I’d put him just in front,” the 68-year-old Foreman told German magazine Sport Bild. Londoner Joshua will fight Hamburg-based Klitschko at Wembley Stadium on April 29 with the WBA ‘Super’, IBF, and IBO world heavyweight titles on the line.

Joshua, 27, the 2012 London Olympic champion, has won all of his 18 professional bouts so far, but Foreman, a former two-time world heavyweight champion, says Klitschko provides his ‘first real test’.