Anthony Joshua vs Joseph Parker round-by-round scores: How Joshua clinched a convincing win according to our judges
Three of The Independent's boxing team score Joshua's world title victory over Parker live
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Your support makes all the difference.Anthony Joshua added the WBO crown to his IBF and WBA world heavyweight titles on Saturday night in front of 78,000 in Cardiff's Principality Stadium as he defeated Joseph Parker by unanimous decision.
The 28-year-old was taken the distance for the first time in his career, but barring a couple of rounds in the middle of the bout where he took his foot off the gas Joshua rarely looked in any trouble at all.
At times Parker tried to force the fight and assert himself on Joshua, but each time the attack produced little of note.
Matters were not helped by the referee's performance either, with Giuseppe Quartarone coming in for widespread criticism as he repeatedly stopped the fight when the two boxers tried to work on the inside.
It proved to be a tactical bout, with Joshua's more precise and damaging work outshining Parker's workman-like jab, and come the end of the fight everyone in attendance seemed to know what would follow on the judges scorecards.
The three ringside judges scored the bout 118-110, 118-110 and 119-109, but how did we score it?
Luke Brown and Jack Austin were ringside to score the bout, with our very own Video Assistant Referee back in London in Jack de Menezes casting his eye over the fight with the aid of video replays.
Click on the gallery above to see their verdicts.
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