Joshua and Fury’s knockout records compared round by round

Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury finally meet at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on 11 December 2026, and their records show two very different ways of ending a fight. With the Fury v Joshua odds in mind, here is where each man has done his damage.

The headline numbers

Joshua has won 30 of his 34 professional fights, 27 of them inside the distance. That is a stoppage in 90% of his wins. Only three of his victories have gone to the scorecards: Joseph Parker in 2018, Andy Ruiz Jr in 2019 and Jermaine Franklin in 2023.

Fury is 36-2-1 with 25 stoppages, which works out at 69% of his wins. He has gone the distance in 11 victories, including the biggest of his career against Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 and his most recent decision over Arslanbek Makhmudov in April 2026.

Joshua: the early finisher

Joshua’s stoppages are packed into the opening rounds. He has five wins in round one, 10 in round two and three in round three. That is 18 of his 27 stoppages, two thirds of the total, inside nine minutes of action.

Round two is his busiest. He knocked out Charles Martin there to win the IBF title in 2016, flattened Francis Ngannou there in March 2024 and finished Kristian Prenga there in July 2026. The Prenga fight also showed the risk in his style: Joshua was dropped twice in round one before landing the knockout with 17 seconds left in round two.

When Joshua’s fights go longer, round seven is the next hotspot. Dillian Whyte, Dominic Breazeale, Alexander Povetkin and Robert Helenius were all stopped in that round. His only finishes beyond it came against Kubrat Pulev in round nine, Carlos Takam in round 10 and Klitschko in round 11. His December 2025 win over Jake Paul came in round six.

Fury: the late closer

Fury’s stoppages are spread far more evenly. He has three in each of the first four rounds and four in round five, most of them from the early years of his career.

The bigger nights have tended to run late. Eight of Fury’s stoppages came in round seven or later, including Deontay Wilder in round seven in 2020 and round 11 in 2021, plus Derek Chisora in round 10 on two separate occasions in 2014 and 2022.

None of his five stoppages since 2020 has come before round six. His last early finish was Tom Schwarz in round two in June 2019. His most recent fight followed the same pattern, with Mariusz Wach retiring on his stool after round seven in Pattaya in July 2026.

Who has been stopped?

The durability gap is just as clear. Joshua has been stopped twice: by Ruiz in round seven at Madison Square Garden in June 2019, and by Daniel Dubois in round five at Wembley in September 2024.

Fury has never been stopped in 39 professional fights. Both of his defeats came on points against Oleksandr Usyk in 2024, the first a split decision in May and the second unanimous in December.

What the rounds suggest

The numbers point to a contest of two halves. Joshua has finished two thirds of his stoppage wins within three rounds, while every Fury stoppage since 2020 has come in round six or later.

Round-by-round and method-of-victory markets for the fight sit within Paddy Power’s wider boxing betting range. The venue also favours one man on past form: Joshua is unbeaten in two fights at the Principality Stadium, stopping Takam in round 10 in 2017 and outpointing Parker in 2018.