In living memory, this has to be one of the best fights in a long time. It had everything. The build-up - the talk of whether the experience of 41-year-old Wladimir Klitschko could outdo the young athletic talent of Anthony Joshua; the walk on's - Joshua in the middle of his flame-lit initials; and then the fight itself.
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After a tentative couple of rounds, AJ went for it in the fifth, he was then floored in the sixth, before hammering Klitschko in the 11th - ultimately seeing the fight stopped.
The result, as great as it was, did not take anything away from the ultimate composure, and legendary status, of Ukrainian, Klitschko.
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It now means that the Watford-born boxer holds the IBF, WBA and IBO world heavyweight belts, as 90,000 people cheered him on from a packed Wembley Stadium.
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The telling right uppercut that rocked Klitschko into a different world for a bit, was one of the finest shots in the ring. One Twitter fan wrote: "Klitschko's sould left his body."
On top of that Joshua maintains a 100 per cent professional fight record (19 fights, 19 wins), and pockets a healthy £15m.
After the fight, both boxers were chivalrous in defeat, Joshua told the crowd: "What can I say, first and foremost, 19 and 0, three-and-a-half years in the game.
"I'm not perfect but I'm trying. I want to give a shout out to all my trainers, to 90,000 people in the arena, and lastly, as boxing states, you leave your ego at the door and you respect your opponent.
"So a massive shout to Wladimir Klitschko. In terms of the boxing hall of fame he is a role model ion and out of the ring.
"I have nothing but respect for anyone who steps in the ring. I'm a little bit emotional, I dig deep. If you don't take part you will never know. London, Germany, Ukraine, I love you."
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Joshua claimed that the only was he was going to improve was to be knocked down by Klitschko, but said he "had to dig" once floored.
The 27-year-old then called out Tyson Fury: "And Fury, where you at baby? I enjoy fighting, Tyson Fury, I know he's been talking a lot, and he wants to compete. I love boxing, I will fight anyone now."
Fury responded with a tweet saying "let's dance."
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Klitschko said: "I hope you enjoyed the fight, the best man won tonight, it's an amazing event for boxing. Two gentlemen fought each other. I say gentlemen because boxing came from England.
"It's really sad that I didn't make it tonight. It didn't work. All the respect to Anthony, congratulations."
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If these two do rematch, and it is half of what last night was, then we're still in for a cracker.
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