The heavyweight boxer british Anthony Joshua, champion and unified WBA-IBF-WBO, said on Saturday, at a march for Black Lives Matter in the United Kingdom, that the demonstrators represented the “vaccine” against the “virus” of racism.

“The virus to which I am referring is called racism,” said the boxer, comparing its effects to the damage caused by the epidemic of Covid-19. Before adding : “How long are we going to let racism spread in our communities ? “