Joshua vs Povetkin - as it happened: Anthony Joshua wins by seventh round TKO in devastating finish before revealing he wants to fight Deontay Wilder next
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Your support makes all the difference.Anthony Joshua faces Alexander Povetkin in what the British champion has described as the "second hardest fight" of his professional career. Povetkin, the mandatory challenger to the WBA title, has the potential to become Russia's first ever unified world heavyweight champion, with Joshua's IBF, WBO and IBO straps on the line too.
The 39-year-old has lost just one of his 35 fights, a points defeat to the great Wladimir Klitschko in October 2013. Since then he has won eight consecutive fights, including a knockout victory over David Price on the Joshua-Parker undercard. Ominously, he has never been stopped.
Meanwhile, Joshua will be looking to extend his flawless professional record to 22-0 in his third fight at Wembley.
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Sweet Caroline, as is tradition at these big boxing events, has rung out and the crowd is amped.
Moments from ring walks here at Wembley.
Alexander Povetkin walks to the ring with nothing but thousands booing him. Can the 39-year-old cause what would be a major upset?
And now, time for the unified champion Anthony Joshua to enter the ring. The screams are wild.
Now this is how you get a crowd excited. We Will Rock You plays aloud to tease Joshua's entrance.
Rapper Nines performs as Joshua walks toward the ring. The fighter has his initials up in fire. The atmosphere has gone up a number of notches.
A very, very long ring entrance but the man himself is finally into the ring.
There were a lot of questions about whether Joshua would get a haircut or not: I can indeed confirm he has not.
Both names have been announced by Michael Buffer, they've touched gloves, the bell has tolled and we are ready to rumble.
Round one is underway.
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