Anthony Joshua reminded the masses that it only takes one shot at the heavyweight division.
in 2023, but the same could not be said when he took on “AJ.” Joshua wasted little time putting the dangerous Ngannou on ice, dropping the MMA fighter twice before completely flattening him with a right hand in the second round.
Joshua only needed to score five power punches, according to Compubox numbers, to record three knockdowns in their heavyweight main attraction. Ngannou kept things close to start, jabbing the head and body early on while threatening with his ferocious left hand. The Brit retaliated by splitting the guard with a sharp right that sent “The Predator” crashing to the canvas.
While he had hit the floor once in the opening frame, Ngannou appeared to have recovered going into the second stanza. The former UFC king reached his foe several times, but Joshua was on a mission. “AJ” parried a few jabs and unloaded a right hand, stunning and ultimately knocking his Cameroonian counterpart to the mat for the second time. Ngannou shook his head and worked his way back upright, but his expression had changed. Joshua had his number.
Joshua picked up his 25th knockout as a pro by depriving Ngannou of his consciousness, and he called for a fight against Fury, despite Fury's already busy dance card with Oleksandr Usyk.
In preliminary action, Louis Greene put a stamp on Jack McGann with a blistering right hand 89 seconds into their super welterweight pairing; Roman Fury , younger brother of boxing great Tyson Fury, outpointed Martin Svarc in their four-round heavyweight contest with a trio of 39-37 tallies; Ziyad Almaayouf picked up a six-round decision against super lightweight foe Christian Lopez Flores with three matching 60-54 scores; the night began with heavyweight Andrii Novytskyi putting Juan Torres...
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