Wladimir Klitschko has retired from boxing, ending Anthony Joshua’s hopes of a Las Vegas rematch.
The Ukrainian lost to Joshua at Wembley in April after the Brit climbed off the canvas to knock out the ring legend in the penultimate round.The rematch had been pencilled in for November 11 in Sin City but Joshua will now have to look elsewhere.
Klitschko, 41, confirmed the news with a statement on his website today which initially crashed due to the huge volume of traffic.
It read: “I deliberately took a few weeks to make my decision, to make sure I had enough distance from the fight at Wembley Stadium.
“As an amateur and a professional boxer, I have achieved everything I dreamed of, and now I want to start my second career after sports.
