The Briton stayed with the heavyweight belts of the World Boxing Association, International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization
The British Anthony Joshua he sent the Bulgarian to the canvas four times Kubrat Pulev before knocking him out at 2:58 minutes into the ninth inning at Wembley Arena to win the belts again. Heavyweight from World Boxing Association, International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization.
Anthony Joshua improved his record to 24-1 with 22 knockouts, and Kubrat it stalled at 28-2 and 14 knockouts. It will be the turn now to see if AJ have to do the mandatory OMB before Oleksandr Usyk or if something can be done for the expected battle with Tyson Fury, monarch of World Boxing Council.
The first two rounds were an absolute precaution on the part of both. Just a couple of jabs in front of AJ to measure the danger, take the rhythm and start controlling the actions in the ring. Pulev he endured the little that was thrown at him and practically kept his fists for the first few minutes.
The third was a Stations of the Cross for Pulev, because after a failed left foot, they put a tremendous cross that almost tore his head off, and this opened the door for the English to go with everything to punish him. The Bulgarian turned his back and grabbed the ropes in search of kneeling for the first count. As soon as the battle resumed they put two uppers that they sent him now in a spectacular way to the canvas. The bell saved him.
In the room he searched Pulev react, but there the backlash worked perfectly to Anthony Joshua, that without risking much he was putting the jab and the upper how much damage he had done to his rival. Stopped constantly pulling Anthony Joshua and that’s when Pulev began to throw his fists, first with the jab who fell short and then with some rights that came from time to time. By the seventh, again the jab and the upper they did homework.
For the last third of the battle it was all very mechanical, but it was no longer Pulev, because after several uppers He went back to the canvas, and as soon as he got up, they hit him with a right hammer from which he no longer recovered, because he went to the canvas and the referee stopped the fight.
Floyd Mayweather, present at Wembley Arena, congratulated Anthony Joshua at the end of the stellar combat.
In the backrest, Lawrence Oklie accounted for in two rounds of Nokodem Jezewski in the Cruiserweight division, while Hughie Fury accounted for in 10 episodes of Mariusz Wach in the Heavyweight category. For its part, Martin Bakole advanced on Sergey Kuzmin, also after 10 rounds in the Compline.
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