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“I’m happy, if anything, that it was a great fight, because there was a lot of hype, a lot of attention around the fight, and I’m glad it lived up to expectations”

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ANTHONY JOSHUA through the rounds. I could have done more to finish him off after he went down, but I was pretty sure ‘This is going to be my night’ so I took my time.

“How he’s going to develop, we’ll see. He’s vulnerable, and this may be something he will need to work on, but he’s today’s success. I didn’t have an off-night. I was in tremendous shape. All respect to Joshua.”

Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearnrevealedtheheavyweight next plans to fight towards the year’s end. He also claimed he had already received confirmation the defeat of Klitschko had broken British pay-perview records, and that Joshua can only fight in similarly-sized venues hereafter.

“I don’t think he’ll box again until between September and December,” he said. “It’s more likely to be [Cardiff’s] Millennium Stadium if it’s in the UK. We can’t return to The 02, and Manchester Arena. That’s what might take us to another territory [outside of the UK].

“The next phase is all about the big heavyweight championship fights.”