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Anthony Joshua defeated Kubrat Pulev to retain his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO world heavyweight titles on Saturday night at London’s Wembley Arena.
The Briton, who hadn’t fought for 12 months since defeating Andy Ruiz to win back his championship belts in December 2019, showed some understandable signs of ring rust but still produced a destructive performance in front of 1,000 fans.
The win, achieved with a ninth-round stoppage off the back of a stunning right hand, now surely sets the table for a titanic all-British clash with WBC and Ring magazine champion Tyson Fury in 2021.
The first round saw both pugilists with lots of single punches, while none of them really managed to get anything special in, but Joshua had the snappier jab. Unbelievable scenes in the third round saw Pulev barely survive a huge AJ onslaught.
Although the Bulgarian came out for the third round more active than he was in the first two rounds, Joshua landed a one-two for the first meaningful shot of the round.
Then Joshua landed uppercut after uppercut to complement his overhand rights, and Pulev was left barely able to survive.
Joshua secured his 22nd knock-out against Pulev, bringing his bout records to 24-1, 22 KOs.
