Yahoo Sports· 1h ago· 1 min read
Anthony Joshua is still on track to clash with Tyson Fury, but those plans were nearly derailed.
The former heavyweight champ Joshua (29-4) returned to the boxing ring for a tune-up fight against Kristian Prenga at Jeddah Superdome in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with the expectation that he would get the job done and set up a massive fight against Fury. Joshua did get a knockout, but he was also nearly stopped in the first round.
Prenga (20-2) showed up with intentions of pulling off a massive upset as a +900 underdog. The 35-year-old Albanian dropped Joshua twice in the first round, stunning onlookers. Joshua seemed calm after both moments, though, as if it were a mild inconvenience rather than a threat of the fight getting out of his control.
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— Boxing Fightzone (@BFightzone) July 25, 2026 Sure enough, in…
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