
Share
1st May 2017
01:10pm BST

"From that moment, I kind of felt he was out of gas and concentration. He recovered though through the rounds.
"I think I could have done more to finish him off maybe right after he went down but I was pretty sure that it was going to be my night, so I took my time."
Having seen almost everything in a 21-year professional career, one might have expected Klitschko's ability to sense a finish to be stronger but throwing wildly against a man as powerful as Joshua is also not advised.
Klitschko felt that he would be able to outbox the injured 27-year-old in the latter half of the contest but, unfortunately for him, he was wrong.
He was caught and the rest, as they say, is history.
"It was a good fight. I wish I had been the winner of tonight’s contest," Klitschko continued. "'AJ' did a good job. He was trying, he was focused and even when he went down, he got up and came back.
"Maybe I could have done more after he was knocked down."Explore more on these topics:

Boxing | SportsJOE
boxing