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Eddie Hearn couldn’t have been more proud of how Anthony Joshua responded to adversity Saturday. The knockout artist from suburban London made himself an even bigger star by getting off the canvas in the sixth round and stopping Wladimir Klitschko five rounds later. Their memorable battle provided just the type of entertainment the heavyweight division needed.
Kevin Barry, trainer of WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker, saw a lot of flaws in IBF, WBA, IBO champion Anthony Joshua (19-0, 19 KOs). On Saturday night, Joshua secured a career defining win by stopping former division ruler Wladimir Klitschko in an epic fight in front of 90,000 people at Wembley. Having never been beyond the seventh round, Joshua was able to stop Klitschko in the eleventh.
Eddie Hearn was honest. Anthony Joshua’s promoter didn’t think the huge heavyweight would get off the canvas in the sixth round against Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday at Wembley Stadium in London. Hearn noticed that Joshua was extremely tired during the fifth round, in which he dropped Klitschko 27 seconds into it, yet didn’t finish off the former heavyweight champion.
WBA #1 rated heavyweight contender Luis Ortiz (27-0) was a very interested observer of Saturday's WBA/IBF/IBO heavyweight title fight at Wembley Stadium. Anthony Joshua climbed off the canvas to stop Wladimir Klitschko in the 11th round of one of the most exciting heavyweight fights in recent years.
Boxing has great events. Boxing has great fights. Too often in recent memory, those two things haven’t aligned. Saturday they did, and it happened in the weight class that needed it the most. It happened in the division that matters the most.
Anthony Joshua has already started plotting how he can continue improving as a fighter after so impressively passing his greatest test by beating Wladimir Klitschko. The 27-year-old added the WBA, IBO titles to his IBF championship in front of 90,000 at Wembley Stadium by recovering from the first knockdown of his career to stop one of the finest heavyweights in history.
IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (19-0, 19 KOs) is looking for a very long reign in the sport. The boxer survived some tough moments on Saturday night, when he stopped Wladimir Klitschko in the eleventh round of their classic fight before a wild crowd of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in London.
By Tris Dixon - SOME claim it was William Shakespeare who said “Expectation is the root of all heartache.” Around 90,000 poured through the Wembley Stadium turnstiles on Saturday night clutching their priceless tickets in the immense hope that they were at one of those rare events, a huge fight that delivered on serious hype. Millions in the UK and around the world tuned in w...
It was a fight for the ages as British star Anthony Joshua defeated veteran Wladimir Klitschko in front of a 90,000-capacity crowd at Wembley on Saturday. Joshua – who preserved his perfect professional record with a 19th successive win – climbed off the canvas having been floored for the first time in his career to end the titanic heavyweight battle in the 11th and penultimate round in London.
Wladimir Klitschko insists his age and physical condition played no role in Saturday's knockout loss to Anthony Joshua. Klitschko appeared to be finished when he went down in the fifth round, but he came back strong in the later part of the same round and then dropped Joshua hard in the sixth for a rally that shocked the 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in London.