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05th Apr 2015

7 GIFs that show Anthony Joshua’s heavyweight punching power

He will probably face tougher tests in his career...

Ben Kenyon

Heavyweight Anthony Joshua has some real punching power.

He dispatched 50-fight veteran Jason Gavern in under three rounds.

Former Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Joshua scored two knock-downs in the second and third rounds before the fight was stopped.

But the Watford fighter showed he had some real finesse to his game ahead of a tough clash with Kevin Johnson at the O2 arena on May 30th.

JOE took a look at some of the highlights of the fight in Newcastle…

Joshua caught Gavern with a few solid shots in the first, but this jab really rattled his skull…

Joshua 1 jab

The unbeaten Londoner set this shot up nicely with the left straight, then unleashed a powerful right and a hook…

joshua 2 combo

He can really find the target from range with that long 83in reach, and follows up with an uppercut at close quarters…

Joshua 3 uppers

 

He drops Gavern to the canvas early in the second round with a short, sharp left…

Joshua 5 knockdown

 

Joshua can really stick a combo together and sends Gavern sprawling to the canvas…

Josh 1

 

For a big fighter, Joshua has pretty quick fists and can work well on the inside…

josh2

 

Here he proves that he’s got that killer instinct following up with a short left hook that finished his opponent…

josh3

 

If he can kill-off Kevin ‘Kingpin’ Johnson with the same ruthlessness then we have a real contender on our hands.