Off the wire
• Rare fish stocks rise in Qinghai Lake  • Democratic lawmaker Turner wins tight race for Houston mayor  • NBA results  • ISU Grand Prix Final results  • NBA standing  • Xinhua Insight: Chinese cinemas enjoy year of foreign, domestic hits  • 1st LD: China holds Nanjing Massacre memorial  • 1st LD writethru: 10 killed, over 30 injured in NW Pakistan blast  • 2nd LD: Death toll of psychiatric hospital fire in Russia climbs to 23  • Guangzhou Evergrande 0, Club America 0 - halftime  
You are here: 　 Home

Joshua wins British heavyweight title with 15th knockout

Xinhua, December 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

Olympic champion Anthony Joshua defeated former kick-boxer Dillian Whyte to take the British heavyweight title on Saturday with a bruising seventh-round knockout and edge closer to a possible shot at the world crown.

   The 26-year-old took his record to 15 knockouts from 15 fights since turning pro after winning 2012 Olympic gold in London.

   Joshua's latest win raises the prospect of a clash with WBO and WBA heavyweight champion Tyson Fury if his fellow British fighter beats Wladimir Klitschko in their world title rematch.

   "Yes I enjoyed it, more because it was about bragging rights," said Joshua who had lost to Whyte in 2009 during their amateur careers. 

   Saturday's fight was the first time Joshua had been taken beyond three rounds in his professional career.  Endi