Anthony Joshua's KO win over Kubrat Pulev labelled as 'strange' by rival Dillian Whyte
Dillian Whyte on his rival Anthony Joshua's knockout win over Kubrat Pulev: "It was a good performance but he could have made easier work of it"; AJ floored Pulev three times but was forced to bide his time until the ninth round to end his challenger's hopes.

Joshua floored Pulev in the third round but had to wait until the ninth to secure a brutal knockout to retain his IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eNcODgqZnQ

Whyte was at ringside to watch Joshua inch closer to a dream fight with WBC champion Tyson Fury but wasn't convinced by his old rival.

Anthony Joshua knocked out Kubrat Pulev to edge closer to a dream fight against Tyson Fury.
"It was a strange performance," Whyte told Sky Sports.

Dillian Whyte assesses Anthony Joshua's performance
Anthony Joshua was "trapped between two different styles" in his victory over Kubrat Pulev, says Dillian Whyte.

"Don't get me wrong, he did well. He got the job done.

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"But strange because he was like he was trapped between two different styles.

"What got him the victory was going back to the old him and being aggressive.

Anthony Joshua says he wants to face whoever has the WBC belt and if it's Tyson Fury then so be it!

"Pulev is a very tough man. I was surprised he got up - but then Joshua let him back into the fight in rounds four, five and six.

"He was having success at mid to close range but kept going to long range for no reason. I didn't understand.

"Maybe he just wanted to show something different. With the Fury fight, maybe he wanted to show a different side to his game."

'Aggression and anger'

Spencer Oliver on Anthony Joshua's improvement and the dream fight against Tyson Fury.
Sky Sports' Carl Froch said about Joshua: "Round three was fantastic. I loved the combinations. He showed aggression and anger.

"He should have then got behind his jab because it sets everything up. If he worked the jab, got into range and put combinations behind the jab, he would have got the job done earlier.

"AJ put together a great finish.

"AJ did take his foot off the gas. He used a lot of energy [in the third round] and he's a big lad so the oxygen gets swallowed up.

"He slowly recovered in rounds four, five and six while Pulev was still getting hit.

Joshua stopped Pulev in the ninth round
"I'm glad AJ got down to business and gave us the finish that was waiting for him. There was a stage where I was saying: 'Come on, step on the gas, put the shots together, get the job done.'

"Then AJ doubled up with his uppercuts and closed the show.

"Pulev played his part but AJ was brilliant in bursts. Great early on, then it was a steady fight, then a great finish."

Johnny Nelson added: "He was trying to box. At times he wasn't comfortable but he stuck to the plan.

"In the third round when he put the pressure on, that gassed him for two rounds. He got a second wind in round seven and became sharper. He boxed and bashed till his opponent couldn't take it anymore."

Seeing Pulev rose up after been felled down by AJ got me 'wow, you wan kill yourself '?
Guess what? Dude only rose to collect the fina jab that also fell him down and ultimately ended the one sided encounter.
Next up for a humbling beating is the gypsy king.