Alexander Povetkin needed first aid after a knockout from Anthony Joshua in the battle for WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight titles. The fight between Povetkin and Joshua, the main event of the boxing evening at the Wembley Stadium in London, ended by a victory for the British by knockout in the 7th round.
Joshua knocked Povetkin down at the end of the second minute of the seventh round. The Russian rose, but in the next attack, after the resumption of the battle, he missed a series of serious punches. After the end of the fight Povetkin was given first aid, he breathed though the oxygen mask.