Anthony Joshua, the former unified heavyweight champion, defeated Robert Helenius in the seventh round of their heavyweight fight to get his first knockout victory since defeating Kubrat Puliev on December 12, 2020.

Initially, Joshua was scheduled to face Whyte in the O2 Arena for a third time; he had previously defeated Whyte as an amateur before eliminating him in 2015. But Whyte failed a drug test last week, and as a result, he was disqualified from tonight’s main event. After only seven days of fighting and triumphing in Finland, Helenius intervened.

 

Helenius attempted to get Joshua on the back foot by fighting aggressively but Joshua calmly built up his attack with his jabs and waited for his opening which did not come until the seventh round.