Brtish-born Nigerian heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua on Saturday night retained his IBF, IBO, WBO and WBA titles after a seventh round stoppage of Russian WBA mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin at the Wembley Stadium in London.

The champion, whose both parents come from Sagamu in Ogun State, dropped Povetkin with a brutal assault in the seventh round and then floored the WBA mandatory challenger again to signal a sudden and dramatic ending to his title defence.

The win, which was watched by an estimated 80,000 fans at Wembley, has thus set the tone for a unification fight in 2019 between Joshua and the winner of the coming bout between British Tyson Fury and American Deontay Wilder, which has been set for December.

The fight had a reported £26m purse with Joshua expected to take home up to £20m while Povetkin will receive £6m.
Povetkin, 39, has thus lost his second fight on his 36th fight. His previous loss came against Vladimir Klitschko in 2013 through unanimous decision. Saturday’s loss was the first time Povetkin would be knocked out in his career.

Povetkin showed early signs of danger by making Joshua stumble in the first round with a wicked left hook before blood poured out of the nose of the champion but Joshua started to dictate the pace as the rounds went on before going on to overpower and knock Povetkin down to the canvas twice in the seventh round.

Joshua praised the Russian challenger, saying the fight was tough but he was happy to achieve his goal.
“First and foremost, everyone here in Wembley, thank you so much! Alexander Povetkin is a very tough challenger and he proved that tonight but I came in here to have fun, do what I’ve been working on in the gym and I did that. I knew he was weak to the head, it could have took seven, nine maybe 10 but all my goal tonight was to be successful,” he told Sky Sports.

“These shorter guys are very good coming through the middle but let’s see what happens now on April 13. There is a lot of pressure; I’m not going to lie to you guys. The whole country is rooting for not just me but David Price, Lawrence Okolie, Matty Askin, Luke Campbell, all of us. A few years ago maybe I wouldn’t have won that fight but that’s credit to all my coaching team.

“It’s about developing and I am in this game to win it and to learn. I’m not too fussed who wins. Good luck to both of them and may the champion bring themselves to the UK and we will have a good dust up.”

Source:
https://punchng.com/joshua-retains-titles-knocks-out-povetkin-after-seven-rounds/

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Confam!!!!

This guy is too strong..... see the face of that guy after fight

correct @fonja dude.. this one no be like those ones were full for south west wer dem own muscle na for mouth e der ... der go just der shout upandan before fight ,, throw punch na ,, for where!

The legend Joshua, ride on!

Is that not dj cuppy?


Modified ********
She's the one

Great!

Ok

my brother d oyinbo fighter think say Aj na Samuel
Peters. Olodo!

If Joshua contests Next year, he will still knock out Buhari.

Congratulations to him. He should use the money to buy a new range rover. The stolen one is now on the Atlantic Ocean heading to naija

Na joke o

By the way, povetkin is not a small fighter at all. Out of his 36 fights he has only lost 2. Anthony Joshua has just 22 fights under his belt.

Very good but AJ needs to improve tremendously if he want to keep those belts

I think say yoruba guys na all mouth and no action..

Good one
Happy Sunday people!

Our Man

TOMMIEYIKES:
Is that not dj cuppy?

Not at all.. That’s DJ Juggy. Look well

CONGRATULATIONS BOY!

This is just the beginning!

Asa Asika mood right now seeing Cuppy near Joshua

so happy 4 AJ

KosyJerry:



Not at all.. That’s DJ Juggy. Look well

Lol , this Nairaland sha!

he is the people favourite so winning is sure for him

wILDER COME quicker

A very Dull fight.....i will respect AJ when he knocks out deotney wilder..

AJ's is product of an organized and we'll developed country with good sports infrastructure ... Nigeria should stop claiming him.

Na now nairaland wake up for this news.

TOMMIEYIKES:
Is that not dj cuppy?

And her sister

Make this one go sit down for now
every body dey for osun thread

Naturally this guy is very strong I'm not saying they can't beat him but he is a very strong guy. Kudos bro you are super doing us great. Keep the spirit high we are behind you solidly.

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Anthony Joshua Vs Povetkin Knockout Highlights 2018 HD

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