Joshua comes out fighting and lands a jab first but Ngannou stays on him and doesn’t falter landing two jabs of his own.
Joshua lands more body jabs on the Cameroonian and Ngannou tests him with big punches of his own to the head which Joshua deflects.
Out of nowhere, Joshua knocks Ngannou down with 40 seconds left. The British-Nigerian lands a solid right punch on the Cameroonian’s chin and he goes down. Ngannou lets the referee count to eight before stepping back up.
He tests Joshua with a big punch of his own before the round ends.
Peter Akinbo
Peter, who has been covering sports for PUNCH for close to two years, focuses on combat sports reporting, special features and human angle stories
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