By

Eniola Olatunji

British –Nigeria former World Heavy Weight Boxing Champion, Anthony Joshua (AJ) at the Riyadh Kingdom Arena, Saudi Arabia on Saturday morning knocked out mouthy Cameroonian former UFC Heavy Weight Champion, Francis Ngannou in the second minute of the second round of a scheduled 10 round bout.

AJ was so brutal in punching Ngannou that he had to be administered Oxygen in his corner and was knocked out unconscious before he finally hit the canvas for the third time in the bout.

Joshua dropped Ngannou who had threatened to snuff out life from AJ with his devastating atomic bomb punches after the Cameroonian became a South Paw (punching with the left hand) and caught Joshua with a right hook in round one.

Ngannou came back into the second looking worried as he received a combination of punches which he absorbed but AJ strategized knocking Francis to the floor for the second time though he became stable when he beat the mandatory ten count only for AJ to finish him off with a thunderbolt of a punch that birthed the 3rd and final knock down.

AJ aged 34 now has 28 bouts with 3 defeats and 24 knockouts and Francis, aged 37 who made his boxing debut in October losing to WBC World Champion Tyson Fury via split decision after knocking down Fury in a non-title bout now has two defeats from two bouts in his boxing career and this is the first time ever he was given a technical Knockout either at the MMA of boxing career.

Boxing Promoter, Eddie Hearns said “That’s one of the most destructive knockouts I’ve ever seen. In this form, no one in the world can beat AJ” as he described AJ as a savage beast.

Anthony Joshua said “I’m still pushing, still hungry. I’m just pushing day by day so will just see where it goes. In Boxing, it’s one or the other. He can come again. He had two fights and he’s fought the best, he should not quit boxing because of this nightmare”. Joshua admitted he studied hard the video tape of Francis Ngannou against Tyson Fury.

Ngannou said he won’t quit for you win some and lose some fights”. AJ showed the spirit of sportsmanship raising the hand of Francis Ngannou after the match Ref formerly declared him champion.

AJ lost three belts IBF, WBO and WBA to Olessander Usyk and still lost his rematch.  He is eyeing a victory set up fight against Tyson Fury who faces Oleksandr Usyk who is holding the belts for now to crown an undisputed Heavyweight Champion since 2000 praying for a Fury victory.

The Tyson Fury versus Oleksandr Usyk bout is fixed for May 18 and the winner will obviously fight AJ later in the year. AJ has already said he dreams of having his belts back.
Eniola Olatunji reporting for Patmos Media Line.