Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko | Fight of the Year by The Ring and the BWAA // Highlights

Anthony Joshua 250 lbs beat Wladimir Klitschko 240 lbs by TKO at 2:25 in round 11 of 12 Date: 2017-04-29 Location: Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, United Kingdom IBF World Heavyweight Title (3rd defense by Joshua) WBA Super World Heavyweight Title (Vacant) IBO World Heavyweight Title (Vacant). In front of a post-war record crowd of 90,000 in attendance, Joshua won by technical knockout (TKO) in the eleventh round. They fought a close and cautious first four rounds. In the fifth, Joshua came out and sent Klitschko to the canvas with a barrage of punches. Klitschko rose up and took control for the remainder of the round and scoring his own knockdown in round six. The next few rounds were again cautious, both men wary of each other, until a reinvigorated Joshua attacked Klitschko in round eleven, sending him to the canvas. Klitschko again rose but Joshua knocked him down for a second time in the round, then sent a barrage of punches while Klitschko was against the ropes that made the referee stop the fight. At the time of stoppage, Joshua was ahead on two judges’ scorecards with 96–93 and 95–93, while the third judge had Klitschko ahead at 95–93. CompuBox stats showed that Joshua landed 107 of his 355 punches thrown (30%), and Klitschko landed 94 of 256 (37%).