Who won Joshua vs Breazeale?

Anthony Joshua beat Dominic Breazeale by technical knockout in the 7th round on Saturday 25th June 2016 at The O2 Arena in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

This contest was for the IBF heavyweight championship of the world.

Joshua vs Breazeale stats

Anthony Joshua stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 16 wins, zero loses and 0  draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Dominic Breazeale made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 17 wins and 0 draws, with 15 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Joshua had advantage in power over Breazeale, with a 100% knock out percentage over Breazeale's 88%.

Anthony Joshua was the younger man by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Breazeale had a height advantage of 1 inch over Joshua. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Both Anthony Joshua & Dominic Breazeale fought out of an orthodox stance.

Joshua's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Breazeale's, having had 1 less fights, and made his debut in 2013, 10 months later than Breazeale, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 25 more professional rounds, 124 to Breazeale's 99.

Joshua vs Breazeale form

Joshua had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beat Andy Ruiz Jr on 7th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Heavyweight, WBA Super World Heavyweight and WBO World Heavyweight championship fight at Diriyah Arena, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Andy Ruiz Jr on 1st June 2019 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBA Super World Heavyweight, IBF World Heavyweight and WBO World Heavyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beat Alexander Povetkin on 22nd September 2018 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their IBF World Heavyweight, WBA Super World Heavyweight and WBO World Heavyweight championship fight at Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had won against Joseph Parker on 31st March 2018 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Heavyweight, WBA Super World Heavyweight and WBO World Heavyweight championship fight at Principality Stadium, Cardiff.

He had beat Carlos Takam on 28th October 2017 by technical knockout in the 10th round in their IBF World Heavyweight and WBA Super World Heavyweight championship fight at Principality Stadium, Wales.

Activity check

Joshua's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 48 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.6 rounds on average.

Breazeale's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Joshua vs Breazeale?

Anthony Joshua was a (+100) underdog going into the contest, while Dominic Breazeale made his way into the ring at (+100) with oddsmakers.