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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It was the overhand right that started things off for Joshua in that round, he followed it up with a couple of big lefts and from that moment on, Povetkin was rocked.
As soon as he rose to his feet and the referee allowed the fight to continue, Joshua, who is one of the best at going in for the kill, did exactly that.
A fantastic ending to the fight.
22 fights
22 wins
21 KOs
Anthony Joshua remains WBA, (Super) IBF, WBO and IBO champion.
Anthony Joshua speaks after victory
"First and foremost, Wembley thank you so much. Thank you to Team Povetkin.
"Alexander Povetkin is a very tough challenger, he proved that tonight. I came in here to have fun and do what I've been working on in the gym. He was strong to the head but weak to the body. Every jab takes a second of breath out of you, my ultimate goal was to be victorious tonight.
"These shorter fighters are good coming through the middle but let's not worry about that - let's figure out what's going to happen on April 13th."
On fighting Tyson Fury or Deontay Wilder
"I'm not too bothered, good luck to the both of them but let's see who comes out on top and hopefully we'll have a good dust-up on April 13th.
On fighting Dillian Whyte
"If Dillian wants to fight here, he's more than welcome.
"My number one would be Wilder. Let's not talk about number two or number three."
Eddie Hearn on the fight and more
"Joshua is the one stepping up fighting these great fighters. He'll keep delivering, he's a special talent, he's a role model, onwards and upwards. Povetkin is a world-class boxer.
"We'll go away and negotiate with Wilder's team again, who knows if Fury-Wilder will even happen?
"If it's not Deontay Wilder, I think it'll be Dillian Whyte here in April."
Joshua will remain in the ring for a little while, taking pictures and really enjoying his moment.
Quite rightly so, after a long camp, he won with a fantastic finish and now shifts his focus to the likes of Wilder, Fury and Whyte.
Who will it be?
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