Briton Anthony Joshua knocked out Russian Knight Alexander Povetkin and defended the title of world champion by versions of WBA (Super), IBF, IBO, WBO heavyweight champion.

The championship battle took place in London at the Wembley Stadium.

This fight, Alexander Povetkin started fine, but it ended all quite expected.

In the first round, Povetkin moved better, chose the distance better, and in the end he famously caught Anthony Joshua to the left to meet him. So stiff that the Briton swayed. In his gaze it was clear: the favorite is slightly dumbfounded, writes "Kommersant"

Further some time too all was quite good. Joshua was bleeding from a broken nose with a fountain, and Povetkin continued to bend his spectacular line, which was not in hunting for an accidental chance, but in an independent and active search for options. Not to say that after that hit in the first round he regularly inflicted severe damage on the champion, but at least he kept it in suspense all the time, made me think not about how to put a lethal right after the jab, but about rear, how not to miss. Such inexpressive Anthony Joshua, this boxing genius, has not seen, maybe never.

Trouble for the challenger smelled, perhaps, somewhere in the fourth round. No, Povetkin was still quite aggressive, and blood from the dissection over the left eye was quickly stopped. It was in Joshua. Just a little bit stiff, a little bit, it seems, surrounded by the prickle of the opponent, he obviously adapted to it. Jeb began to pass more often and more tightly, and Povetkin's fists now basically ripped open the air - the Briton left in time, as if he had seen through the nuances of Russian attacks.

In the seventh round, "podsevshy" Povetkin missed a series of punches, being first in the knockdown, and then in a knockout.

The Russian Knight needed first aid.

For the 39-year-old Russian, this was the second defeat in his career with 34 wins (24 - by knockout). In 2013, Klitschko defeated the Russian Knight Povetkin.