Joshua turns up power with London knock out

Breazeale drew blood from Joshua’s nose in the sixth and ended the round on the front foot but the Briton nailed him in the seventh.

‘He needs a long rest.

‘He won’t say, but he had a virus for a couple of weeks and there were times when we were considering taking the (Breazeale) fight or not.

Soon Joshua will be ready for world championship unification fights against fellow British title-holder Tyson Fury and America’s WBC champ, Deontay Wilder.

“I don’t feel that I’ve even scratched the surface of what I can achieve and that’s why when I beat Charles Martin [in April] I didn’t celebrate wildly because I’ve only had one world title fight, one world title win and one world title belt”.

“We’ve had approaches from Africa, China, United Arab Emirates, to bring him there and have fights and that’s something I’d like him to do.

I’m exhausted, I’m working hard and as I said, now I can get some rest and recharge my batteries and start afresh again”.

“Looking into his eye I wanted to see whether he’s going to break, whether he’s an emotional character, whatever it may be”.

“I’m very disappointed that fight didn’t happen”, said Wilder sporting a red shirt and white blazer.

However, having postponed his July 9 rematch with Wladimir Klitschko on Friday (Saturday NZ time) due to a ankle injury, it has since been reported that Fury is the subject of a doping investigation. “So one day we’ll get to experience what each other’s about”. I’m exhausted and I’m working hard. That’s a fight we’d like to build towards, a dual Pay-Per-View on Showtime in the U.S., and Sky here. The win increases Joshua’s stock and sets him up for some mega fights with the other stars of the big boy division!

Anthony Joshua says Dominic Breazeale’s dreams will be crushed when the challenger enters his O2 “jungle” on Saturday.

“Tony leads the prayer, so whatever Tony leads – mainly for a successful night, to come out healthy, and I’m sure, I can’t remember every prayer but I’m sure he’s mentioned an opponent”.

“I’ve displayed good footwork in sparring where there is no pressure but in the ring I go for that one shot to punish someone”.

You can still enjoy repeats of Joshua’s dramatic victory and all the action from a packed undercard, featuring George Groves against Martin Murray, Chris Eubank Jr, Dillian Whyte and Conor Benn.

Deontay Wilder, the World Boxing Council champion from Alabama, will help broadcast the fight remotely in NY with a Showtime crew.