Sunday 26 June 2016 16:44, UK
Anthony Joshua made it to a heavenly 17 knockouts as he made an impressive first defence of his world title.
The IBF heavyweight champion dominated the gutsy and game Dominic Breazeale but going another seven rounds saw him take another big step along his journey.
So with five former world champions in our fight night Panel, we asked them to give us the good points and, indeed, any bad points they saw from Joshua...
I said it all week that it would go seven rounds and for once I got it right. I just knew Breazeale would take him a few more rounds than most because he's tough, that's for sure. If I was being critical of him, I thought he might have got to him a little more but it gave us the chance to see Joshua's talent.
Instead of just bowling someone over and never really getting to see how good he is, we got a chance tonight to see what he's got. His jab is very good, if he does get caught up in an exchange he can get out and then fire back; it just showed us the work he is putting in in the gym. Joshua is getting better and better by each fight.
It was good fun watching that. He got the job done and it was good to see what he can do. Breazeale showed some heart and took some punishment but let's be honest, he didn't have much speed or punch variety. He had a big pair to take what he did but to win a world title you need more than that.
I was glad that Joshua came away with an impressive win. He looked like he knew what he was doing and I didn't want him to get hit to be honest and I didn't want him to lose that title, but keep hold of it for me. Myself and him would make a huge fight and I will take it whenever he wants it.
It was nice to see him have to go a few more rounds. He had to box and just couldn't rely on the punch power we know he's got because Breazeale was tough. Joshua had to work to get the win and while David might have said it was a little one dimensional, I know Joshua will go back and look at a tape of this.
He's wants to improve with every fight but the one thing you need to do that is get experience and wisdom. That was a good learning experience and he is still learning while he is a world champion. It was impressive though. His movement is fast, his footwork was good it's just that he needs to add a bit more to the variety.
I loved watching the control and concentration that Joshua had in there. We always knew he would be a bit too good for Breazeale, but you've got to give him credit for being much tougher than we thought. But Joshua didn't take a single shot of note and that was important as well.
OK, Breazeale was game and kept coming but Joshua hasn't had many rounds to work on his defence but I also liked the way he made Breazeale miss so many times. We've always admired his speed and his power but this time he had a plan and even if it went into the second half, he stuck to it. The finish was the usual Joshua but the concentration was very good.
For a start he not only held on to his world title but he dealt with an unbeaten challenger, who was roughly his size and was pretty tough. Breazeale was game but with the best will in the world, he was never causing him any real problems. He might have thought he was going to be able to blow him away in two rounds but when you are a world champion, that's a real risk.
Joshua took his time and I liked that. I know David Haye said he wanted to see Joshua move up a gear and change the pace but let's be honest, if it's not broken, there's no need to fix it. Overall it was a very good performance because the apprenticeship is over.
Repeats of Anthony Joshua vs Dominic Breazeale are on at 10am, 2pm and 8pm on Sunday, so book via your Sky remote or online here.
