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Anthony Joshua: AJ knocks out Kubrat Pulev to retain his titles
<div id="attachment_871" style="width: 2058px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-871" class="size-full wp-image-871" src="https://thedailypage.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20201213_052435.jpg" alt="" width="2048" height="1253" /><p id="caption-attachment-871" class="wp-caption-text">Anthony Joshua knocks Kubrat Pulev (Photo credit: Twitter)</p></div>
<p><strong>Nigerian- British professional boxer, Anthony Joshua has knocked out Kubrat Pulev in the ninth round of the world heavyweight champion fight which took place on Saturday night, December 12, 2020.</strong></p>
<p>Anthony Joshua defeated Kubrat Pulev to retain the world&#8217;s heavyweight champion belts after he had beat Pulev in the second round up till the ninth round.</p>
<p>After his victory, Anthony Joshua took to micro blogging platform, Twitter to share a short clip of the heavyweight champion fight, captioned it, &#8220;Thanks for coming&#8221;.</p>
<p>Others, Nigerian celebrities took to twitter to celebrate Anthony Joshua&#8217;s victory.</p>
<p>DJ Cuppy wrote on Twitter, &#8220;WHOOP! Congrats to @AnthonyFJoshua and my family&#8230; Where are we going for Christmas champ?.&#8221;</p>
<p>Owner of Mavin Records label, Don Jazzy wrote on Twitter, &#8220;Ahh already. That&#8217;s my boy. I trained him well lol.&#8221;</p>
<h3>Who is Anthony Joshua?</h3>
<p>Anthony Joshua whose real name is Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua was born on 15th October, 1989, Watford, United Kingdom.</p>
<p>He has won the following heavyweight champion belts, the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO titles.</p>
<p>Since Anthony Joshua knocked out Kubrat Pulev after ninth round in heavyweight champion fight on December 12th, 2020, he now remains as the world heavyweight champion.</p>
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