Anthony Joshua demolished Kubrat Pulev to retain his heavyweight world titles and set up a clash with Tyson Fury.
Joshua was fighting for the first time since he won back his three belts from Andy Ruiz Jr Saudi Arabia 12 months ago.
And after a slow start, Joshua rocked his challenger with a huge right hand in the third round.
He then dropped Pulev with an uppercut but the visitor recovered well to beat the count and hear the bell for the end of the session.
And the Bulgarian fought back well, landing right hands of his own to give Joshua moments of trouble.
But Joshua landed a stunning right hand in the ninth round to flatten his gutsy challenger for a final time with two seconds of the session remaining.
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The British heavyweight smashed home a hard right hand in round three that forced his mandatory challenger to face a count and then sent him to the canvas with an uppercut seconds later.
Joshua, perhaps fatigued by the chaos, stepped off the gas and allowed Pulev to at least offer some mild threat, but a barrage of uppercuts in the ninth dropped the Bulgarian and a straight right hand wiped him out.
Moments after this fine blend of poise and heavy punching the 1,000 fans granted access to Wembley Arena roared at the prospect of the IBF, WBA and WBO champion facing WBC title holder Fury next.
“Whoever has the belts I want to compete with. If that is Tyson Fury, let it be Tyson Fury,” said Joshua, 31.
Fury quickly took to social media and said: “I want the fight. I want the fight next. I will knock him out inside three rounds. I can’t wait to knock him out.”
