Anthony Joshua: record, next fight and profile →
By Kieran Mulvaney - When Anthony Joshua put Francis Ngannou to sleep in the early hours of the morning in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia over the weekend, he almost certainly prompted some relief among boxing devotees anxious about the MMA fighter showing the same kind of success that he had against Tyson Fury a few months ago.
The appetite for mixed martial arts punchers trying their luck at the highest levels of professional boxing should likely be waning following Anthony Joshua’s second-round destruction of former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou.
Trainer Ben Davison has downplayed his influence on Anthony Joshua in his return to form following the former unified world heavyweight champion’s clinical knockout win against Francis Ngannou on Friday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
WBC heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury has praised Anthony Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) following the former two-time unified world heavyweight champion’s stunning second-round knockout win over Francis Ngannou (0-2) on Friday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Anthony Joshua was nonchalant, having despatched Francis Ngannou in crushing fashion in Saudi Arabia last night.
Francis Ngannou dusted himself off to attend last night’s post-fight press conference after his second-round knockout loss to Anthony Joshua.
Anthony Joshua answered so many questions during his convincing Friday night triumph, clinched by a hellacious second-round knockout of former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou.
Images capturing Anthony Joshua's knockout of Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia.
Anthony Joshua confirmed he is targeting the winner of Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk after stopping Francis Ngannou in two rounds
Anthony Joshua steamrolled Francis Ngannou in two rounds, annihilating the Cameroonian hero with a booming right hand that left the MMA icon flat on his back