Anthony Joshua has knocked out Francis Ngannou in the Second Round.
Newsone Nigeria reports that British-Nigerian boxer, Anthony Joshua knocked out MMA upstart and Cameronian, Francis Ngannou in a crucial encounter at Riyadh’s Kingdom Arena in Saudi Arabia on Friday, March 8, 2024.
This online news platform understands that Anthony Joshua has emerged victorious in his fourth straight fight by securing a second-round knockout win over Cameroonian boxer Francis Ngannou in the main event of the “Knockout Chaos” card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
After securing consecutive victories in 2023 with wins over Jermaine Franklin in April and Robert Helenius with a seventh-round knockout in August, Joshua cruised to a fifth-round technical knockout win over Otto Wallin in December, who had been expected to be a formidable opponent, especially with his southpaw stance.
The Compubox punch statistics lend numerical context to the carnage. Joshua landed 12 of 31 punches (29.3%), compared to eight of 42 for Ngannou (19.0%). Notably, Joshua landed five of nine power punches in all (55.6%). He scored knockdowns on three of those, the last of them a knockout.
Joshua has now secured knockout wins over two fighters who took Tyson Fury the distance in Wallin and Ngannou.
On the other hand, Ngannou shocked fans when he knocked Fury down in their bout last year, and because of that performance, fans believed he could pull a shocker against Joshua too.
Joshua, however, silenced the doubters, outboxing Ngannou throughout the two rounds and he made a statement like he promised with a knockout win inside just five minutes of their fight.
The Cameroonian-born boxer needed a doctor after he was knocked out and received oxygen at the corner of the ring before he stood back up.
In the post-match conference, Anthony Joshua expressed readiness to face the winner of Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk for a chance back at the world heavyweight titles.