Anthony Joshua vs Helenius LIVE: Boxing result and reaction after AJ delivers brutal knockout

“People need to leave me alone, let me breathe a bit, Helenius, I told him, please come again, he's got talent. He will cause a lot of people problems, credit to him, saving the show. I'll see you again soon, hopefully two more times this year, I need to stay busy.

“My back’s gone, I’m carrying this heavyweight division to the top.”

That was special!

Jab, jab and then the right hand he was searching for.

On the chin, Helenius folded, tumbling down the ropes and the referee didn’t even look to make a count, it was over so quickly.

Joshua celebrates by leaping outside the ring and embracing Conor McGregor.

“It's hard to find the right hand,” Joshua tells James in the corner.

Now into the seventh, Helenius is breathing heavily, this is some effort from the Finn.

WOW, out of nowhere, BOOM!

A knockout, Helenius is out cold, huge knockout from Joshua!

A check hook from Helenius lands, Joshua is changing the height of his attack, but while bouncing in, the Finn is timing him nicely.

Now almost at the half-way stage, Joshua is yet to pull off a really eye-catching shot.

More boos from the crowd, Helenius was on the ropes, but Joshua hesitated, he took a small step back even.

Now Helenius is grabbing Joshua, can Joshua ramp up the intensity of this bout in the fifth.

No rush just yet, although as Bellew outlines, some will be getting restless watching this.

Helenius is now sticking his jab into AJ’s face and coming around to the left, whipping in the hook.

A nice left hook from Joshua in response, who has caused a crimson blemish across the Finn’s face, trickling down from his nose.

A fourth round where Joshua aims to lure Helenius into trading, but he’s not yet nibbling.

Joshua again effective with those long jabs, but this is still yet to catch fire.

AJ is winning this fight, that’s for sure, but will he take some risks to really unsettle Helenius.

As AJ moaned to James earlier, it’s the lean from Helenius which is taking the sting out of Joshua’s assaults. His jab is keeping Joshua honest too.

Bellew: “He's got to turn the scew. If Deontay Wilder is fighting, this is not going this long, I want to see him get close and let those combinations go.”

These are nice jabs from Joshua, he bends at the waist. Upstairs and downstairs.

But this is all one and two-punch combinations so far. The crowd whistle and boo the action.

Joshua’s left eye is marked up now too, Helenius able to tag him with the jab.

“He's leaning back,” Joshua tells James after round two.

This is a cautious Joshua, which is fine at this early stage.

But we’ll need to see him open up soon and put Helenius away to build the excitement for the Wilder fight.

It’s a good start from Helenius, who is positive, on the front foot and willing to put punches together.

Joshua penetrating the Finn’s guard with a neat jab, but not exactly opening up just yet.

Both fighters very engaged and looking to counter, this fight is mostly in the centre of the ring.

The Nordic Nightmare looks to revelling in this moment, what a chance he was given thanks to Dillian Whyte’s failed drugs test.

Joshua, still in his red robe, with new trainer Derrick James, a huge ovation for the two-time world heavyweight champion.