Here at SportsLens, we have decided to take a deep dive into the boxing career of Anthony Joshua. Read on to find out more about his professional boxing record, previous fights, his world title record and how many knockouts he has under his belt.
Anthony Joshua Record
Anthony Joshua secured the 25th knockout of his boxing career last time out as he emphatically knocked out Francis Ngannou in two rounds at ‘Knockout Chaos’ in Saudi Arabia. ‘AJ’ is one of the best heavyweights in the world, with promoter Eddie Hearn believing he is back to his very best now.
2023 was a successful year for Joshua, with three wins from April to December. After losing back-to-back fights to Oleksandr Usyk prior to that, Joshua is well and truly back and looks to be back at the summit of the heavyweight division now in 2024.
Joshua now trains under the coaching of Ben Davison – the former coach of Tyson Fury. Davison seems to have gotten Joshua back to his best, with a punch perfect performance over Otto Wallin first, followed by the two round demolition job of Ngannou last time out. Davison is also the trainer of elite British fighter Leigh Wood.
In the aftermath of the Ngannou fight, Joshua boasts an impressive boxing record of 28 wins to three losses. Of these 28 wins, Joshua has stopped all but three opponents by knockout. The only men to go the distance with Joshua are Andy Ruiz Jr, Jermaine Franklin, Joseph Parker and of course Oleksandr Usyk who twice beat ‘AJ’ on points.
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Anthony Joshua first fought for a world title back in April 2016 when he knocked out Charles Martin in three rounds to become the IBF World Heavyweight Champion. After his maiden world title bout, Joshua fought in 11 more consecutive world title fights.
Of those 12 fights with world titles on the line, Joshua won nine of them. The three losses the Watford man suffered were of course that shock knockout defeat to Andy Ruiz Jr back in 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York. His other two defeats are the back-to-back losses on points to the great Usyk.
During Joshua’s reign as champion, he fought some incredible champions and stern tests. Joshua beat the likes of Joseph Parker when he was an undefeated champion himself, as well as some tough tests in the form of Carlos Takam, Dominic Breazeale and Kubrat Pulev.
Joshua’ biggest win came at Wembley Stadium when he emphatically knocked the great Wladimir Klitschko out in the 11th round in a quite remarkable fight for three of the four world title belts. This was a quite magnificent fight and a gutsy display from Joshua, who had to go to the well and crawl up from the canvas himself to win that fight.
Of course, Joshua also has wins over Andy Ruiz Jr in their rematch in Saudi back in 2019, as well as victories over Eric Molina and of course a credible win over the fearsome Alexander Povetkin.
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His last win of course came in the ‘Knockout Chaos’ main event against Francis Ngannou. ‘AJ’ emphatically stopped the former UFC heavyweight king in two rounds, sending Ngannou tumbling to the canvas in a daze. Joshua looked better than he has done in years, and looks like he could be at his peak right now.
Prior to his win against Ngannou, Joshua was seen emphatically stopping both Otto Wallin and Robert Helenius in December and August 2023 respectively. Both finishes were elite from Joshua, who is one of the most concussive punchers in the heavyweight division.
Before the Helenius win was a routine unanimous decision triumph over Jermaine Franklin – Joshua’s first win as he bounced back from two successive defeats at the hands of the great Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk.
Joshua has had a magnificent career since turning professional back in 2013. Of course, he also won a gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games before he had even set foot in the ring as a pro.
Not a bad career so far for a man who only started boxing when he was 17. Now, Joshua aims to get back to the pinnacle of the sport and become a three-time world heavyweight champion. After emphatically destroying Francis Ngannou, a world title fight surely awaits for ‘AJ’ later in 2024.
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