Anthony Joshua has shared the ring with a lot of heavyweights during his 26 professional fights – but out of all of them, who hit him the hardest?
Joshua went up to current heavyweight champion and former undisputed Cruiser class champion, Oleksandr Usyk, was rocked by fellow Brit Dillian Whyte, and was knocked down four times and eventually stopped. Andy Ruiz Jr. However, none of these opponents is clearly the one who hit Joshua the most.
While said above Pounds for Pounds Podcasts‘AJ’ was asked to reveal the heavy hitter:
“Who hit me the hardest? Yes, Klitschko. “
“I was going to say Ruiz, but when he hit me, it was like a concussion in the back of my head.”
“When I came to Klitschko, yes, I just knew that this could go either way.”
“I can win or I will lie on my back. You know when you’re taken out on a stretcher? “
“That number 15 also came after that. This guy is a beast, he is a beast. “
You can watch some of the standout teamfights, including the right-handed swing that sent Joshua to the bone, courtesy of Sky Sports Boxing.
The battle in front of 90,000 passionate fans at Wembley Stadium will go down as one of the heaviest in recent times. In a back-and-forth, Joshua knocked Klitschko out in the fifth round before taking the final spot of that right-hand push and finding himself on the frame in the sixth round.
Younger Joshua looked exhausted with Klitschko taking control of the match before the British found a second wind and finally stopped the Ukrainian legend in the eleventh round.
Joshua returns to action next month in a rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. He entered the fight with the goal of becoming a three-time heavyweight champion and regaining ownership of the WBA, IBF and WBO titles.
