91kg: Anthony Joshua v Mihai Nistor (Romania) RSC 3
Against the robust Romanian Joshua got off to a solid start, going into the second just a point behind at 5-4. A great second round in which he fired plenty of shots at his opponent allowed Josh to move into a 13-7 lead going into the last. It wasn't to be however, as a couple of solid punches from the Romanian led to two standing counts in close succession and he was retired by the corner.
It's not so much that Joshua had a bad chin, but rather he had poor defense technique and was keeping his hands low and the other guy was throwing some wicked haymakers and caught Joshua.. If Joshua tightens up his defense and keeps his hands up, he should be able to avoid these types of shots
He was shaken up but he wasn't knocked out, fights get stopped early in the amateur game, that's just the way it goes. People can't say Joshua has a glass chin based on this, this is boxing and the amateurs is where most fighters learn their trade.
Vitali got knocked out cold by Pele Reid in amateur kickboxing, no one ever said he had a bad chin.
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