Clinical victory over Kubrat Pulev means there are no barriers to eagerly anticipated encounter between two British stars
“It was unbelievable,” Eddie Hearn said just after 1.30am on Sunday as he emerged from the dressing room, a couple of hours after Anthony Joshua had produced a clinical display of heavyweight gravitas and knockout power while ending the brave challenge of Kubrat Pulev.
Hearn was typically ready to talk expansively about the performance and his certainty that Joshua, whom he promotes, will fight Tyson Fury next year. But, first, he savoured the “unbelievable” encounter he had just witnessed between Joshua and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
