British boxer Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 KOs) knocked out the Ukrainian (64-4, 53 KOs) in the eleventh round. Title fight took place at Wembley Stadium in London.

Thus the British boxer won world titles in heavyweight champion according to IBF, WBA Super and IBO.

In the fifth round, Klitschko was knocked down, but in the next round he answered the opponent in the same way.

In the 11th round, Joshua hit the Ukrainian boxer twice with an uppercut - Wladimir Klitschko was twice knocked down until the referee stopped the fight.

Recall that the fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua could have taken place on December 10, but the Ukrainian was injured.

At the time of the duel with Joshua, Klitschko's career pause will reach 17 months. IN last time he competed last November when he lost to Tyson Fury. was supposed to take place in the summer, but then the Briton referred to a leg injury. Postponed for the fall, the fight was again canceled due to Fury's drug problems and the ensuing depression.

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One of the most anticipated boxing fights of this year took place in London - current champion world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua against former champion Wladimir Klitschko.

0.55. Joshua defends the IBF title and wins his second WBA championship belt after this victory.

0.50. The official result of the fight is the victory of Anthony Joshua by technical knockout in the eleventh round.

ELEVENTH ROUND. A powerful uppercut by Joshua in the middle of the round sends Klitschko to the floor. Wladimir continued the fight, but could not recover: Joshua throws heavy blows, Klitschko falls again, gets up with great difficulty, and after a few seconds the referee stops the beating of the Ukrainian.

TENTH ROUND. Joshua tries to be aggressive and attack with power punches, but Klitschko is in control.

NINTH ROUND. Equal round. Boxers conserve their strength for the decisive minutes of the fight.

EIGHTH ROUND. Only now Joshua recovered and carried out several attacks. But Klitschko controls the distance and does not allow them to be very dangerous.

SEVENTH ROUND. Joshua has a hard time coming to his senses. For almost the entire round, he stood in defense, only in the end responding with a series to Klitschko's attacks.

SIXTH ROUND. How quickly Joshua got tired! Klitschko is faster and already he knocks down the opponent.

FIFTH ROUND. From the first seconds, Joshua goes on the attack and sends Klitschko to the floor. The referee counts down the Ukrainian. But the Briton fails to develop success - the champion is tired and gave the ending to Klitschko .

FOURTH ROUND. The first round in which the advantage can be given to one of the boxers is Joshua. Several of his attacks are accurate.

THIRD ROUND. Joshua is more active and aggressive. Several times he goes ahead and turns on right hand but without much success. Still a close fight at an average pace.

SECOND ROUND. Joshua is also not in a hurry yet and works more with the jab. But also without much advantage.

FIRST ROUND. A very cautious round is expected. Klitschko works as the first number on the jab, but without much success. Joshua controls attacks with the left hand of the Ukrainian.

23.55. Five minutes to start. Michael Buffer will now introduce the boxers and the fight will begin.

23.45. Wladimir Klitschko is already in the ring. Joshua as a champion comes out second.

23.30. One of the spectators of the battle saw himself on the big screen of the stadium. Lucky.

23.20. WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, a potential opponent for the winner today's fight arrived at Wembley.

23.15. Not everyone already remembers, but Klitschko and Joshua will not enter the ring for the first time today against each other - a few years ago the Briton was Wladimir's sparring partner.

- This is an advantage for both sides. We sparred and worked together in the ring,” Klitschko said. – He had a chance to see my training background, see how my team works, learn a lot. I was in the hall when he won gold medal at the London Olympics. Everyone Olympic champion or a medalist should be considered a successful athlete.

23.10. Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua will receive a guaranteed fee of £10 million each for their fight, reports Mirror.co.uk. The amount can increase to 15 million each in case of successful sales of paid broadcasts.

The fight is broadcast in the UK for £19.95. Promoter Eddie Hearn believes the box office could top the UK record £1.15m for Ricky Hatton vs Floyd Mayweather in 2007.

Profits for the Klitschko vs. Joshua fight are already in the order of £42m, and if the pay-per-view sales are successful, they could rise to £48m.

23.00. Wembley stands right now. There are almost no vacancies .

22.50. Vitali Klitschko's wife Natalia will perform the national anthem of Ukraine before the fight between Antney Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko.

“It is a great honor for me to perform the anthem of Ukraine before the main fight of the night,” Natalia wrote on her Instagram page.

Posted by Natalia Klitschko (@natalia_klitschko_official) Apr 28, 2017 at 2:33 PDT

Samuel Peter then decently patted Vladimir.

22.40. Just over an hour before the fight. Joshua's hands are taped.

22.30. The day before, the boxers went through the official weigh-in procedure, in which Joshua showed a record weight in his career, outweighing Klitschko by 4 kg: 113.4 kg against 109.1 kg.

22.10. Who are you betting on in this fight?

Mike Tyson, Deontay Wilder, Teddy Atlas, Tyson Fury and many others gave their predictions for the outcome of the fight.

21.20. The WBA has made a special belt for the duel between Klitschko and Joshua.

It is engraved with images of both boxers.

21.10. A few minutes ago, the boxers arrived at the arena.

20.55. They don't believe in Klitschko and at the Sports.ru Tribune - striking power, a rich arsenal and Joshua's physical data will play a decisive role in this fight. A detailed analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of boxers is in the blog “From childhood for”: How will Klitschko defeat Joshua? Klitschko can't win.

20.45. With the bookmakers before this fight, everything is simple - they do not believe in Klitschko. It seems that there have never been such odds for the victory of the Ukrainian boxer.

William Hill: Joshua's victory - 1.50, Klitschko's victory - 2.87.

20.30. A year and a half ago, Klitschko suffered his first defeat in 11 years, and a month ago he turned 41 years old. Today, everything is decided for Vladimir - a victory will return him to big boxing - and it does not matter, for years or for several months - a defeat will leave no choice - he will have to leave.

– Vladimir knows that he needs to dominate in the ring. Do not wait, but act, and nothing else, - says Vitali Klitschko, Vladimir's elder brother. - His whole future depends on this fight. Joshua is still young, he will still have a second chance, and Vladimir will not have such a chance.

20.25. Fans are waiting for the opening of the entrance to the stands.

20.20. The first undercard participants will soon enter the ring, which was installed on the Wembley field.

20.15. The fight will take place at the famous Wembley Stadium and will set a new audience record for boxing matches in England.

20.05. The fight will begin at exactly midnight Moscow time. TV channel "Match TV" will show it in live. The broadcast starts at 22.50 Moscow time.

20.00. Today in London, one of the most anticipated boxing fights of this year is reigning world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua against former champion Wladimir Klitschko.

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Wladimir Klitschko could not take away his titles from Anthony Joshua

Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko said that the fight with Briton Anthony Joshua turned out to be amazing. He says he enjoyed the fight despite the loss. Both boxers were knocked down during the fight. Joshua won in the penultimate round by technical knockout.

Klitschko lost to Joshua in the fight for the IBO (World Boxing Organization) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) world titles, as well as the World Boxing Association (WBA) world super champion.

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The rivals met on Saturday evening in London at Wembley Stadium.

Joshua knocked Klitschko down in the fifth round...

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And in the sixth round, the Ukrainian laid the Briton on the floor.

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Joshua won by technical knockout in the 11th round - Klitschko was knocked down twice, and after another series of hits by the British, the referee stopped the fight.

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Joshua wins his 19th knockout and is undefeated

“Today the best won. It was an amazing fight for both fighters. Anthony was better than me today, and I’m really sorry that I couldn’t win. I express my respect to Anthony, I enjoyed the fight,” Klitschko quotes after the fight Sky Sports .

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption "I had a plan to achieve the goal, but it didn't work," Klitschko admitted.

“I understood that he could be knocked out, but I learned with every round,” Joshua told the BBC after the fight. “I was not aimed at outboxing the opponent, I went into the ring to knock him out.” .

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Briton admitted that "with all due respect" to Klitschko "wanted to hurt him"

“During training, we replayed the situation of the 11th round many times and worked again and again. I was tired, but I understood that I had to endure, because I realized that the fight could last all 12 rounds,” said the winner.

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption "Eventually I figured out what to do and put him on the floor," Joshua explained his win.

"I showed that fights are won in training. It's not easy, but boxing is a tough sport in itself, and you have to be ready for anything," the Briton added.

Joshua's victory was the 19th of his career. The 27-year-old Briton wins every fight by knockout, and Klitschko is no exception. Joshua does not know defeats in the professional ring yet.

For 41-year-old Klitschko, the defeat from Joshua was the fifth in his career. The Ukrainian spent 69 fights. In 64 fights he won victories, 53 - by knockouts.