Anthony Joshua became the unified heavyweight world champion by adding the WBA belt to his IBF, title with a dramatic 11th-round late stoppage victory over Wladimir Klitschko in a thrilling, epic heavyweight world title fight.
The boxing match of the year was held on Saturday night at Wembley in London 2017, the upcoming star of the British Boxing, Anthony Joshua against the heavyweight legend of Ukraine, Wladimir Klitschko. The British fighter said in advance that he would soon retire his opponent, but that's what many have promised before.
Joshua's previous 18 professional matches were won with knockout one by one, while Klitschko's last
clash against Tyson Fury was in November 2015, which he lost with scoring.
The 27-year-old appeared to be on the brink of his first professional defeat when he was knocked down in the sixth round, during the thrilling fight twice had Klitschko on the canvas in the penultimate round before the referee stepped in And stopped the fight.
All the bookmakers were waiting for Joshua's victory, and he himself said that he would send the 41-year-old Ukrainian boxing legend Wladimir Klitschko to retirement.
At the same time, before the Saturday night gala, the British did not fight in matches with more than seven rounds, which matters quite a bit at this level.England's Joshua remains undefeated as a professional, with 19 victories.
door and respect your opponent. Wladimir is a role model in and out of the ring.
"I'm a little bit emotional, because I know I've got doubters. But I dig deep. When you go to the trenches, you find out who you really are." Anthony Joshua said after the fight
Joshua successfully defended his IBF title, while also claiming the WBA 'super' belt, but there could be calls for a rematch after a classic heavyweight unification clash.
The bout drew a record post-war British boxing crowd of 90,000 at Wembley Stadium.