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

Here comes Anthony Joshua...

The violinist plays the theme to The Godfather.

In a red robe, AJ looks calm and collected. He needs a special performance here to regain that killer instinct and confidence ahead of a superfight with Deontay Wilder.

The DAZN poll says Joshua by KO (77%), Helenius by KO (12%), Joshua on points (9%) and Helenius on points (2%).

The judges have it:

98-93, 97-94 and 96-94 all for Chisora. That is a stunner!

A unanimous decision for the Briton.

Washington confides in him afterwards, whispering a message in his ear. Both men show their class after the decision.

This has been 10 long rounds. Both men are exhausted and don’t seem to have much left in them at the top of this sport.

Washington has probably done enough, a couple more crisp shots, timed on the sluggish Chisora, who could not impose his aggressive, brawling style on the American.

Could this be the end of ‘War’ Chisora?

A bit of an ebb and flow to this fight. Chisora is going through spells where he looks quite tidy and is boxing positively, but he has ended a few of the rounds poorly - including the seventh just now, as he ate a combination of clean, heavy shots right before the bell. Those kinds of flurries can seal rounds, too.

Chisora’s cut is problematic, of that there is no doubt, but he’s still bringing all the aggression to this fight.

Washington just wants to hold and move, the occasional jab dangled out.

The crowd starting to get back into this one now too, we move to the sixth.

Chisora vulnerable to the uppercut when he leans in.

But the workrate is good from the Briton. Washington looks happy to circle the ring, brushing his shoulders against the ropes.

It’s agricultural work from Chisora though, barely thinking about a more cultured way of breaking down the American. The looping, overhand right is his trusty friend.

A little blemish on Chisora’s right eye. He bounces in, hurling those thudding shots towards Washington.

Even the ones bouncing off the American’s arms seem to be having an effect.

Both men grappling and it’s becoming a little messy with Washington’s long arms locking in the brawler.