Anthony Joshua defeats Helenius by knockout

British boxer Anthony Joshua has knocked out Robert Helenius in the seventh round of their heavyweight boxing bout, held at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday night.

The last time Joshua won by a knockout was December 2020, when he defeated Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev in a WBA, IBO, IBF and WBO title defence.

The Finnish, Helenius, replaced Dylian White, who was banned one week before the bout.

“I knew this would happen, everyone’s talking about the new AJ and the old AJ and after two or three rounds the crowd starts to get a little bit impatient,” said Eddie Hearn, Joshua’s promoter, in a chat with BBC.

“He finds the measure of his right hand and he delivers one of the knockouts of the year on Robert Helenius… this is just the AJ you’re going to see now.”

 

“He’s still got to be more aggressive than we saw tonight but there’s a lot on the line.”