IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (24-1, 22 KOs) stopped a very old looking IBF mandatory Kubrat Pulev (28-2, 14 KOs) in the ninth round on Saturday night. Joshua dropped the 39-year-old Pulev twice in rounds three and two more times in the ninth to get the stoppage.
The fight was halted after Joshua flattened Pulev with a straight right hand to the head in the ninth. The time of the stoppage was at 2:57 of round nine. Moments before that, Joshua had knocked Pulev down with a right uppercut.
Round 9: AJ back to the jab, he’s stayed on it, and they’re coming in hot early in the ninth. He’s looking to really deter Pulev again, shut down any possible momentum Pulev may have gained in the eighth. Joshua with a little hook. There’s the uppercut again, three or four times once more. They’re not hitting totally clean, but Pulev is feeling them and it shuts him down. RIGHT HAND AND PULEV IS HURT! PULEV DOWN AGAIN ON AN UPPERCUT! Pulev hurt badly here, but he’s on his feet. HARD RIGHT HAND PULEV IS DOWN! Pulev takes the 10 count, it is OVER! Joshua KO-9
ANTHONY JOSHUA. BOOM. pic.twitter.com/I5T8H8aplR
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