Anthony Joshua in numbers

25 April 2017 11:09

Anthony Joshua can add the WBA heavyweight title to his IBF belt when he fights Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

Here, Press Association Sport takes a statistical look at his promising career.

18 - Joshua has had only 18 professional fights, yet is the favourite to beat one of the finest heavyweight champions in history.

18 - he has stopped all 18 of his professional opponents inside the distance, giving him a 100 per cent knockout record.

3 - the number of world heavyweight title fights he has been involved in - against Charles Martin, Dominic Breazeale, and Eric Molina, all of America.

3 - the number of recognised professional titles Joshua has won. He is the reigning IBF heavyweight champion, and once held both the British and Commonwealth titles.

5 - five of Joshua's 18 opponents were stopped inside a round. Emanuele Leo, Hector Alfredo Avila, Matt Legg, Michael Sprott and Gary Cornish were all unable to survive even three minutes with him.

7 - the highest number of rounds any of Joshua's fights have lasted. First Dillian Whyte and then Breazeale proved his most resilient opponents.

7 - Joshua's age in years when Klitschko made his professional debut, in November 1996 against Fabian Meza. The Briton was six when Klitschko won Olympic gold at Atlanta '96.

1 - Olympic gold medals won. Joshua's came at London 2012.

44 - the number of rounds he has boxed as a professional. Klitschko surpasses that in his five most recent fights alone.

90,000 - the number of spectators expected to attend Saturday's fight, a post-war record for a boxing event in the UK.

Source: PA