Joshua stopped Wallin

Former two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (27-3, 24 KOs) stopped Otto Wallina (26-2, 14 KOs) after five one-sided rounds in Saturday night's main event at the Royal Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Joshua looked great from the start of the fight. Wallin could not keep up with the Briton, his face gradually became covered with abrasions, and his nose started bleeding. In the fifth round, Joshua noticeably shook Wallin, and the Swede did not come out of the corner after the break.

Anthony Joshua will now be ranked No. 2 in the IBF rankings, which means the federation will likely book AJ vs. Filip Hrgovic (IBF #1) for the vacant world heavyweight title if the winner of Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk will be decided in favor of revenge, as expected.