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Published 08:48 1 May 2017 BST
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It was Joshua who showed the killer instinct in putting 'Dr. Steelhammer' away following a couple of knockdowns in the penultimate round and, in the wake of his victory, Joshua revealed what he said to Klitschko in the tenth round.
"I told him I'd whoop his ass in the next round," Joshua said, with quotes appearing in the Metro.
An electrifying pair of rounds midway through the fight saw both men on the canvas but rounds eight, nine and ten were altogether more cagey affairs as neither man took too many risks.
With the result on a knife edge, Joshua seemed to have been conserving some energy before his fight-ending flurry in eleven and he has since explained that he had told his corner that he'd taken the 10th round off so that he'd have that late surge in his arms.
"My coaches said I needed to win the next round, but I told them I just took that round (tenth) off," he added.
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