ESPN called Joshua - Klitschko the Fight of the year

Duel of Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko on April 29 in London was named ESPN Fight of the Year. The meeting of the two heavyweight Olympic champions ended with an TKO victory of the British in the eleventh round in the presence of record for the UK 90 thousand spectators.

Earlier, the fight between Joshua and Klitschko was named the Fight of the year by HBO TV channel.

It should be noted that one of the most striking battles of the past year according to ESPN was the battle of the Ukrainian lightweight Ivan Redkach, who on December 15 in Lancaster, California, lost in the fourth round to John Molina Jr.

A separate mention was also given to the first loss in the career of Ukrainian middleweight Evhen Khytrov to Immanuwel Aleem in the sixth round.