Izuchukwu OkosiAnglo-Nigerian two-time heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua knocked out Robert Helenius with a brutal right cross in the seventh round of their heavyweight fight late on Saturday night at the O2 Arena, London.
The beginning of the fight was pedestrian but gradually became swift as Joshua began to assert himself with a reminder of his punching power.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelFinnish boxer, Helenius was a late replacement opponent for the 2012 Olympics gold medallist for Britain.
The crowd began to jeer and whistle the less than impressive action in round three and Joshua landed a devastating blow which at least elicited an encouraging roar.
Joshua also began to snap out the job without causing the giant Finn any distress.
Both boxers raised the tempo a little in the fourth round and Joshua landed punches with enough spite to cause blood to trickle from Helenius’s nose.
Early in the fifth, Joshua connected with a thudding right, and then a left, which put a little dent in Helenius.
His jab peppered the reddened face of his opponent who still looked alert and aware that Joshua seemed far from the formidable force he had once been. And then, suddenly, the end came with shuddering force.
The duel was settled in the seventh round when Joshua produced a technical knockout with his right fist that brutally fell Helenius to the ground.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
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