VS
Mar 08 2024
Friday

Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

10 round contest @ Heavyweight
27-3-0
KO 2
KO 2
0-1-0

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The tape

35
Age
38
6' 6" / 198 cm
Height
6' 4" / 193 cm
81.9" / 208 cm
Reach
83.1" / 211 cm
Orthodox (R)
Stance
Orthodox (R)

Tape record

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Form
SD
27
Wins
0
24
By KO
0
89
KO%
0
3
Loses
1
0
Draws
0
2013
Debut
2023

Tape rankings @ Heavyweight

2
The Ring
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2
WBA
-
1
WBC
10
1
WBO
-
3
IBF
-

Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou report


Who won Joshua vs Ngannou?

Anthony Joshua beat Francis Ngannou by knockout in the 2nd round on Friday, March 8th, 2024, at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

Also on the undercard Zhilei Zhang was defeated by Joseph Parker for the WBO Interim World Heavyweight championship, Rey Vargas beat Nick Ball for the WBC World Featherweight belt, Israil Madrimov defeated Magomed Kurbanov for the WBA World Super Welterweight title, Mark Chamberlain was victorious over Gavin Gwynne, Justis Huni beat Kevin Lerena, Jack McGann was overcome by Louis Greene, Ziyad Almaayouf was victorious over Christian Lopez Flores, Andrii Novytskyi beat Juan Torres, and Roman Fury defeated Martin Svarc.

Joshua vs Ngannou stats

Back in March 2024, Anthony Joshua stepped into the ring with a record of 27 wins, 3 losses, and 0 draws, 24 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Francis Ngannou made his way to the ring with a record of 0 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws.

The stats suggested Joshua had a massive power advantage over Ngannou, boasting a 89% knockout percentage compared to Ngannou's 0%.

Anthony Joshua was the younger man by 3 years, at 35 years old.

Joshua had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ngannou. Despite this, Ngannou had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Both Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou fought out of an orthodox stance.

Joshua was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 29 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 10 years earlier than Ngannou, whose first professional fight was in 2023. He had fought 155 more professional rounds, totaling 167 compared to Ngannou's 12.

Anthony Joshua went into the fight ranked number 2 by the WBA, 1 by the WBC, 1 by the WBO, and 3 by the IBF at heavyweight.

Francis Ngannou was ranked number 10 by the WBC in the Heavyweight division.

Joshua vs Ngannou form

Joshua had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Otto Wallin on December 23, 2023, by technical knockout in the 5th round at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Prior to that, he had beaten Robert Helenius on August 12, 2023, by knockout in the 7th round at O2 Arena, Greenwich, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jermaine Franklin on April 1, 2023, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at o2 Arena, London.

Before that, he had been beaten by Oleksandr Usyk on August 20, 2022, by split decision in their IBF World Heavyweight, WBA Super World Heavyweight, WBO World Heavyweight and The Ring Heavyweight championship fight at Jeddah Superdome, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

He had lost to Oleksandr Usyk on September 25, 2021, by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Heavyweight, IBF World Heavyweight and WBO World Heavyweight championship fight at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, United Kingdom.

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Joshua's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 12 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 48 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.6 rounds on average.

What time did Joshua vs Ngannou start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 12:15 AM UTC at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which was 7:15 PM EST or 4:15 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 12:15 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Joshua vs Ngannou?

The DAZN PPV show began at 1:00 PM EST / 10:00 AM PST. The DAZN PPV UK broadcast of the card started at 6:00 PM (GTM).

What were the odds on Joshua vs Ngannou?

Anthony Joshua was a 2/5 (-250) favorite going into the contest, while Francis Ngannou made his way into the ring at 2/1 (+200) with oddsmakers.

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Anthony Joshua - KO 35.07%
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Anthony Joshua - Decision 25.37%
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