Round-by-Round: Anthony Joshua vs. Kristian Prenga - 25 July 2026

[KiwiRider]

AJ is toast. Poor fella has been through the ringer.

Imagine what Itamu or Kabayel would do to him.

As poor as Fury looked you have to him a big favourite if they fight

Didn’t FW say he should have fought Itamu for his warm up?

Fwank knows when to hit it and quit it.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[tigermoth87]

What an absolute FIX. Prenga goes from DOMINATING to not even throwing a single PUNCH. Clearly his corner reminded him he wasn't supposed to win or he got OFFERED a "bonus" if he stops throwing punches.

Blatant FIX because he almost UPSET the Joshua vs Fury cash cow.

[Taansend]

What an absolute FIX. Prenga goes from DOMINATING to not even throwing a single PUNCH. Clearly his corner reminded him he wasn't supposed to win or he got OFFERED a "bonus" if he stops throwing punches.

Blatant FIX because he almost UPSET the Joshua vs Fury cash cow.

Thank YOU for putting SOME words in block CAPITALS.

IT makes it so "much" EASIER to read your POSTS.

[Riddick Bowie]

AJ just didn't look like he was mentally there tonight.

When did he last look mentally right? This is by no way a dig. Watch the show he did with Louis Theroux, his heads been gone for years.

He's been loopy since round 3 of Andy Ruiz in MSG. Seriously.

[Riddick Bowie]

Prenga threw very few shots in the first and nothing in the second.

When you consider the wealth of the Saudi’s and the potential value of the biggest financial fight in the last decade, coupled with Prenga’s dodgy approach, then it looks highly suspicious.

Put it this way, how many fighters and members of the general public would willingly take a dive for $1m+ to allow AJ to win?

If you think the sort of money generated by Fury Joshua would be eye watering to the Saudis you must have been living under a rock your whole life.

The Saudi’s aren’t investing in boxing to see regional calibre bouts being fought between five fight novices. They’re after staging global exposure events attracting audiences exceeding 10m viewers.

Is that a big enough “rock” for you?

Have you considered swapping Boxrec for the YouTube and Instagram comments sections? You would fit right in there.

[Old bones Ian]

Who was the guy entering the ring early from Joshua's corner, he was wearing glasses.
It's like they've never been to a boxing show before.

[WestEndRiot]

That was not an honest response from AJ. It's delusion.

The guy may have won 20 fights by KO but it was at at extremely low level. His punch resistance is gon, however he wants to babble about his fighting spirit and resilience.

Good question from the journo, wish he'd been able to press him a bit more

[Riddick Bowie]

It's like saying Peter McNeeley was a puncher because he had a high KO percentage. It doesn't count when they're all stiffs.

[Cent0089]

Joshua chin is totally gone. Still he handle business here.

[rd350lc]

Who was the guy entering the ring early from Joshua's corner, he was wearing glasses.
It's like they've never been to a boxing show before.

Part of Usyk's team.

[mickey1975]

Who was the guy entering the ring early from Joshua's corner, he was wearing glasses.
It's like they've never been to a boxing show before.

Part of Usyk's team.

But the thing is, it’s not the team who made Usyk great. Loma’s dad, etc. They’re the new bunch and nothing more than a gimmick for AJ.

[forcefraser]

Through giving us the pea head in history's largest ever suit, David Price will always be my man.

There is little doubt however that in defensive boxing terms, he was a big stiff idiot, the King of them.

AJ has now taken that title. Never have I seen stiffness of such idiot levels as AJ in round one last night. Femi not loose cuz, stiff ting innit fam.

Turning to the post fight comments from Hearns as he spoke to the Internet boxing shitehouses.

Not one of these acreddition courting, whoring for access sycophants had the backbone to call him out.

Hearns, his ego and greed reaching new levels these days, called the uppercut from Prenga a "monster shot" and "probably the hardest punch I've EVVA seen live"

It was in reality a short uppercut in a clinch that even Big Pricey would have shook off and stuck his tongue out. It was nothing, nadda, not a god damn thang.

When avarice takes takes hold, the hubris flows. Money money money

Egos milking egos, teenage turds selling their soul for a free t shirt and an interview.
I'm losing my love for the sport, the romance has died.

What happened? Is it simply down to the money, the greed? I doubt it. These things have always been prevelant in boxing. social media is the guilty party. It has to be.

Video killed the radio star but social media killed the romance.

Rose tinted glasses come with age , but this 2026 drivel is not for me. Ghouls like Adam Smith screaming into a mic about irrelvant nonsense then marketing his paymaster DAZN in his next breath. Access desperate youtubers with backbones of worms and the integrity of politicians

It's not real, it's not my mug of pish, it's no longer "Bobby Wells has done it for Britain"

[handsofstone]

As bizarre as Prenga's tactics were in round 2 I'm no buying the dive angle otherwise he wouldn't have tried to take Joshua out after first knockdown, maybe he just swallowed it

[mickey1975]

Through giving us the pea head in history's largest ever suit, David Price will always be my man.

There is little doubt however that in defensive boxing terms, he was a big stiff idiot, the King of them.

AJ has now taken that title. Never have I seen stiffness of such idiot levels as AJ in round one last night. Femi not loose cuz, stiff ting innit fam.

Turning to the post fight comments from Hearns as he spoke to the Internet boxing shitehouses.

Not one of these acreddition courting, whoring for access sycophants had the backbone to call him out.

Hearns, his ego and greed reaching new levels these days, called the uppercut from Prenga a "monster shot" and "probably the hardest punch I've EVVA seen live"

It was in reality a short uppercut in a clinch that even Big Pricey would have shook off and stuck his tongue out. It was nothing, nadda, not a god damn thang.

When avarice takes takes hold, the hubris flows. Money money money

Egos milking egos, teenage turds selling their soul for a free t shirt and an interview.
I'm losing my love for the sport, the romance has died.

What happened? Is it simply down to the money, the greed? I doubt it. These things have always been prevelant in boxing. social media is the guilty party. It has to be.

Video killed the radio star but social media killed the romance.

Rose tinted glasses come with age , but this 2026 drivel is not for me. Ghouls like Adam Smith screaming into a mic about irrelvant nonsense then marketing his paymaster DAZN in his next breath. Access desperate youtubers with backbones of worms and the integrity of politicians

It's not real, it's not my mug of pish, it's no longer "Bobby Wells has done it for Britain"

Great post. I'm far more into the amateurs now.

[NazNaci1]

How anyone can call that a 'dive' is beyond me.

The guy got blitzed hard. If you're gonna 'dive', you wouldn't want to take it like that. Absolute nonsense.

AJ's punch resistance isn't great. It never really was, better when he was younger but that is to be expected, after being KO'd a couple of times.

Both him & Fury have been over-hyped (along with Wilder) for a couple of decades now. The true, best HW comes along (a natural CW) and beats them both, twice each. Enough said, really.

Not a fan of either him or Fury but AJ, at least, gets in shape, has fought better opponents and sure, he has lost some. Most of Fury's opponents have been shocking (like Wach). He talks a lot and loudly and with good match-making and hype, he is still here. Both have multi millions and good luck to them both. They deserves it.

ATG debates for either are just mindful bias, imo.

[MightyWarrior]

No dive from Prenga, just inexperience, the big palooka thought he’d easily knocked out yet another opponent, then found himself on the end of some hard jabs then got hit quite early in the second round with a right hand, probably the hardest punch he’d ever taken, which caused him to back off and confusion and doubt set in, and as we know, Joshua does not f*ck about, which comes from the experience of having been through hell a few times himself.

[Ricky]

Through giving us the pea head in history's largest ever suit, David Price will always be my man.

There is little doubt however that in defensive boxing terms, he was a big stiff idiot, the King of them.

AJ has now taken that title. Never have I seen stiffness of such idiot levels as AJ in round one last night. Femi not loose cuz, stiff ting innit fam.

Turning to the post fight comments from Hearns as he spoke to the Internet boxing shitehouses.

Not one of these acreddition courting, whoring for access sycophants had the backbone to call him out.

Hearns, his ego and greed reaching new levels these days, called the uppercut from Prenga a "monster shot" and "probably the hardest punch I've EVVA seen live"

It was in reality a short uppercut in a clinch that even Big Pricey would have shook off and stuck his tongue out. It was nothing, nadda, not a god damn thang.

When avarice takes takes hold, the hubris flows. Money money money

Egos milking egos, teenage turds selling their soul for a free t shirt and an interview.
I'm losing my love for the sport, the romance has died.

What happened? Is it simply down to the money, the greed? I doubt it. These things have always been prevelant in boxing. social media is the guilty party. It has to be.

Video killed the radio star but social media killed the romance.

Rose tinted glasses come with age , but this 2026 drivel is not for me. Ghouls like Adam Smith screaming into a mic about irrelvant nonsense then marketing his paymaster DAZN in his next breath. Access desperate youtubers with backbones of worms and the integrity of politicians

It's not real, it's not my mug of pish, it's no longer "Bobby Wells has done it for Britain"

This, pricks like Eddie Hearn have killed boxing for me. I wish he was chocolate cause he'd eat himself and we'd never have to hear from the greedy, arrogant silver-spoon tosser ever again.

[Eolaithe]

Anthony Joshua has been knocked down six times in his last two real fights against legitimate boxers.

If my numbers are right, Tyson Fury and Joshua have officially been knocked down a combined total of nineteen times in their professional careers.

I’m sorely tempted to bet on the Joshua–Fury fight having at least two knockdowns.

[mickey1975]

It appears now that AJ wasn’t even carrying Jake Paul.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[keithmoonhangover]

AJ just didn't look like he was mentally there tonight.

When did he last look mentally right? This is by no way a dig. Watch the show he did with Louis Theroux, his heads been gone for years.

I think he's looked nervous before most of his fights since Povetkin, combine that with his failing punch resistance and only leaves him with a punchers chance against most of the top guys.

[tony1234]

I think even more now that Fury v Joshua won't happen

[Boxerbeetle]

I’m not remotely bothered about Fury-Joshua now, obviously I’ll watch if free on Netflix but certainly wouldn’t buy it on PPV and not even sure I’d buy a ticket if it was in the Millennium Stadium.

But it’s still a much more intriguing fight than Brook-Khan was, I never gave Khan any chance of winning that one, he was just way way too fragile against an accurate guy like Brook. That one would have gone the same way at any point in their careers, whereas there’s even doubt about both Fury & AJ to keep it interesting.

[keithmoonhangover]

I think even more now that Fury v Joshua won't happen

You certainly wouldn't want to pay gigantic money for it. Turki and Netflix might have a rethink.