Who won Joshua vs Ngannou?
Anthony Joshua beat Francis Ngannou by knockout in the 2nd round on Friday 8th March 2024 at Kingdom Arena in 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
Anthony Joshua stepped into the ring with a record of 27 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, 24 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
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, boosting at 89% knock out percentage over Ngannou's 0%.
Anthony Joshua was the younger man by 3 years, at 34 years old.
Joshua had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ngannou. Despite this, Ngannou had 1-inch reach advantage.
Both Anthony Joshua & 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 150 more professional rounds, 162 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 201lb 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 beat Otto Wallin on 23rd December 2023 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Previous to that, he had beat Robert Helenius on 12th August 2023 by knockout in the 7th round at O2 Arena, Greenwich, United Kingdom.
Going into that contest, he had won against Jermaine Franklin on 1st April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at o2 Arena, London.
Before that, he had been beaten by Oleksandr Usyk on 20th August 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 25th September 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, meaning he had been fighting on average 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 is expected to begin at 1:00 PM EST / 10:00 AM PST. The DAZN PPV UK broadcast of the card is expected to start at 6:00 PM (BTS).
What were the odds on Joshua vs Ngannou?
Anthony Joshua was a 4/11 (-280) favourite going into the contest, while Francis Ngannou made his way into the ring at 11/5 (+220) with oddsmakers.
It is going to a really tough fight and tricky too. It can go either way. If AJ does not bring in his A game , it could end up an upset. Ngannou is a tough customer. Nobody should play eith him besides he wants to make a name for himself . This fight could be a game changer . I’m rooting for him though.
Goodluck to AJ
The best among the two fighters will win tonight. I see draw count besides ko
A PPV event for a fighter that’s 0-1 is insane am I bugging??
As AJ is still in his relative prime, and has been looking very good in his last two fights; I think he will get the stoppage, likely after the 5th round.
Ajs fight will really start if they are able to get to round 7..
If AJ gets into boxing mode and stays focused there he may have a chance but once his emotions kick in and he tries to trade blows with Frances, the possibility of AJ getting KOd will be high. Good luck to AJ. I wouldn’t fully count him out yet.
Love AJ but we all know the glass jaw situation.
Ngannou is a hard hitter so if he lands, Aj will fall. That being said AJ could probably could out box him, staying defensive.
But I think Ngannou is going to go in hard and try connect and will wear him down.
Aj still going to be the winner am very proud of him that’s why is my mentor 🥊 I really love him AJ forever