Britain’s Anthony
Joshua has successfully defended his IBF heavyweight title with a third-round
stoppage of Eric Molina in Manchester.
Joshua, who made the
second defence of his belt on Sunday, knocked the American down with a short
right before the referee waved the fight off.
Molina struggled to
get back to his feet as the count reached eight, but the referee stepped in
again to stop the fight after two minutes and two seconds of the round with a
technical knockout declared.
After a successful
defence, Joshua will face former heavyweight king, Wladimir Klitschko at the
Wembley Stadium on April 29, 2017.
Boxing promoter,
Eddie Hearn, who announced the bout date confirmed it would be for the “unified
heavyweight championship of the world”.
He said it would be
the “biggest fight in British boxing history”, with New Zealander, Joseph
Parker as the newly-crowned WBO champion while America’s Deontay Wilder holds
the WBC belt.
Klitschko, who lost
his WBA, IBF and WBO belts to Tyson Fury 2015, says it is a fight that the fans
want and it must happen.
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