Summary

  • Anthony Joshua stops Wladimir Klitschko in 11th round of epic fight

  • Briton retains IBF world heavyweight crown and secures WBA belt

  • Resurgent Joshua knocked Klitschko down twice in 11th round

  • Joshua down in sixth round after Klitschko right hook

  • Joshua also put Klitschko down in fifth

  • Joshua roared on by 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

  1. Round 11

    Klitschko up, KLITSCHKO DOWN AGAIN. A THIRD TIME!

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  2. It was a right-hand that momentarily did the damage, and a brutal uppercut from Joshua soon follows

    KLITSCHKO DOWN AGAIN.

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  3. Round 11

    Anthony Joshua comes out swinging in the 11th, Klitschko is stung..

  4. Round 10

    Richie Woodhall
    Former world champion on BBC Radio 5 live at Wembley Stadium

    An incredble contest this is. 

    Joshua had his success periods in that round but Klitschko came up with the goods towards the end. 

    How is the 41 year old still moving so well?

  5. Round 10

    Too experienced, too wily? At the moment Klitschko is giving Joshua a bit of a lesson.

    But there are still six minutes left. This fight is still not over, not by a long way.

    One punch landed clean on Klitschko's chin could still change the destiny of this bout.

  6. Round 10

    Whatever happens, we could well be looking at a rematch sometime in the future. Let's hope so.

    Klitschko keeps popping out the jab to keep himself out of trouble. A wild right from Klitschko would have done some damage, but Joshua is still alert enough to duck under the swinging arm.

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  7. 'Better from Joshua'

    Round 9

    Steve Bunce
    Boxing pundit on BBC Radio 5 live at Wembley Stadium

    That was a good round from Joshua. 

    Klitschko had to work just that much harder in that round.

    Neither of them have got much left. 

  8. Round 9

    For what it is worth, I have Klitschko up by a couple. We have three rounds left. Joshua needs to produce something special. Here comes the most important nine minutes of his career.

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    Greg Andrews LUFC: Anthony Joshua should thank Klitschko for the best kind of on the job training he's ever going to receive. Master.

  10. Round 9

    The crowd are still doing what they can to get behind Anthony Joshua. He has limited success with a shot to the face, but it gets a roar nevertheless.

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  11. 'No-one predicted a fight like this'

    Round 9

    Steve Bunce
    Boxing pundit on BBC Radio 5 live at Wembley Stadium

    All bets are off - no-one predicted we would be into the ninth round with both men having hit the canvas.

  12. Round 9

    "He is 41 and tired," says Joshua's trainer Rob McCracken, who is desperately trying to give the pep-talk his man needs.

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  13. 'Clever Klitschko'

    Round 8

    Richie Woodhall
    Former world champion on BBC Radio 5 live at Wembley Stadium

    Clever boxing from Klitschko. He has prepared brilliantly for this. He looks the younger man of the two of them. He is controlling the tempo. 

  14. Round 8

    We go into the final quarter of this fight. Who is going to win this? Klitschko is probably ahead on points, both men have been in trouble, both men have been knocked down once.

    We were hoping it would be good, and, boy it is.

  15. Round 8

  16. Round 8

    A quick recap. Wladimir Klitschko was knocked down in the fifth. Anthony Joshua in the sixth.

    Ever since, Joshua has just been looking to survive after a barrage of attacks.

    How much stamina has 41-year-old Klitschko got left? But, at the moment, he is not wasting many punches.

  17. Round 7

    Steve Bunce
    Boxing pundit on BBC Radio 5 live at Wembley Stadium

    Joshua just said there: "I was having a round off". 

    It looked to me that he was trying to survive. 

  18. Round 7

    If ever Anthony Joshua needs words of wisdom, it is now. His trainer Rob McCracken screams at him: "He (Klitschko) ain't got nothing left, we can get back to work. Get the jab in, get the combinations going."

    Into the eighth round, for the first time in Anthony Joshua's career.

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  19. Round 7

    This is new territory for Anthony Joshua. And not nice territory at that.

    Eighteen fights, eighteen wins inside the distance for him before today and never, apart from a very brief spell against Dillian Whyte, in any trouble at all.

  20. Round 7

    Is there any way back for Anthony Joshua? The end of round five and the whole of round six were nightmares for the Brit.

    Round seven is a bit quieter at the start, which Joshua will be pleased about.