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gilgamesh wrote: ↑25 Jul 2026, 18:43

joshj909 wrote: ↑25 Jul 2026, 18:40 Short and exciting I suppose. Joshua's chin is gone. Clearly still hits hard but looked slow and shit.

Yes if he takes on Fury at this point it's purely for the money. He's got no realistic chance at winning it you wouldn't think based on that performance.

Why? Fury has hardly looked great. Whoever lands first surely wins, they're both shot.

Fck me Joshua's chin in shot to pieces, he's always been fragile but he's another KO waiting to happen, dropped by an uppercut on the inside seconds in then rocked even worse onto the ropes by a right, legs totally gone, put down again before the round was out, nightmare 1st round but Prenga for some unknown reason let him off the hook in the 2nd, didn't press him and allowed Joshua to regain his composure and hurt him, he was backing up and Joshua nailed him with a textbook 1/2, Prenga on his heels when another right/left went in before a right detonated on his chin to knock him out, Joshua's gone but he's box office

Now can we just get Fury/Joshua over with, that would be great

Joshua could’ve been disqualified when nis corner came in the ring before the fight ended

whatashambles wrote: ↑25 Jul 2026, 18:44

gilgamesh wrote: ↑25 Jul 2026, 18:43

joshj909 wrote: ↑25 Jul 2026, 18:40 Short and exciting I suppose. Joshua's chin is gone. Clearly still hits hard but looked slow and shit.

Yes if he takes on Fury at this point it's purely for the money. He's got no realistic chance at winning it you wouldn't think based on that performance.

Why? Fury has hardly looked great. Whoever lands first surely wins, they're both shot.

Fury is gonna dogwalk him. He'll win every second of every round.

JamesPhilips wrote: ↑25 Jul 2026, 18:45 Joshua could’ve been disqualified when nis corner came in the ring before the fight ended

Thought the same thing.

Fight wasn’t even called off.

Ref had his back turned.

The last couple of days have certainly done a good job of dampening enthusiasm for the Fury - AJ fight, haven’t they

He should go back to McCracken for his swansong fight

Whatever Camp Usyk tried to impart into his game obviously didn't work

Keep it simple from now on

A tad weird but then Prenga was a tad weird as an opponent choice.

Those were heavy shots he took at the end but he kind of looked like he could have bottled it as well. I’m not surprised to see the fix word floating about.

Boxerbeetle wrote: ↑25 Jul 2026, 18:47 The last couple of days have certainly done a good job of dampening enthusiasm for the Fury - AJ fight, haven’t they

He's lost the plot.

shockingly intrusive interview, give the poor guy a break

Eolaithe wrote: ↑25 Jul 2026, 18:39 Prenga took a dive. Stopped throwing shots in the second and then collapsed like a deck of cards?

The most dubious KO ever! FFS!

Behave yourself man.

Christ on a bike Joshua and Hearn are in denial.

CaptainSpacerod wrote: ↑25 Jul 2026, 18:50 shockingly intrusive interview, give the poor guy a break

Yes, I felt for him there.

This interviewer is so insensitive, he couldn't help but bring up his mates

Also I genuinely don't think AJ is right in the head in general. Even though he won, those knocks to the head can't be doing any good.

The lad should just call it a day... The fury fight would have been interesting about 10 yrs ago

He might be shot, but boy can he still crack.

That first uppercut on the inside was one of those shots that the receiptient doesn't see coming and has a surprise damaging effect. Joshua's chin looks ready to go as soon as it's tickled nowadays and he's still holding his hands low and backing off in a straight line, open for the right cross. It looked like a repeat of the Dubois fight for a while there. Usyk must've been wondering 'wtf have I actually been teaching him?'
His chin looks completey shot nowadays, there are a few heavyweights out there who could take advantage of that.

keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑25 Jul 2026, 18:52 He might be shot, but boy can he still crack.

And even if he's only got the one more payday against Tyson Fury. He deserves it for the fighter he's been, and the mark he's made on his era. I hope it turns out to be a special fight. Fury will likely come in as the fairly heavy favorite though I'd think.

Has anybody seen Prenga before, does he gas like that? That felt a fix for me

Avoiding Wilder was the best business Hearn ever did.

SAPFO wrote: ↑25 Jul 2026, 18:54 Has anybody seen Prenga before, does he gas like that? That felt a fix for me

Eddie probably told him, if he loses then he sign him a 5-fight deal. Haha

AJ doesn’t half chat shit on the mic. Hahaa

Fury will slap him silly, probably win in one or two. Joshua is delusional if he thinks he won tonight for any reason other than Prenga being hopeless.

Results

Main Card

Anthony Joshua def. Kristian Prenga by TKO (R2, 2:43)

Hamzah Sheeraz def. Simon Zachenhuber by majority decision (114-114, 115-113, 116-112)

Josh Kelly def. Caoimhin Agyarko by unanimous decision (114-113, 115-112, 115-112)

Reito Tsutsumi def. Alvino Herrera Meza by TKO (R2, 0:28)

Jacob Bank def. Pawel August by unanimous decision (80-72, 80-72, 80-72)

Nishant Dev def. Cesar Diaz by TKO (R1, 2:56)

Preliminary Card

Oleksandr Khyzhniak def. Lenny Patrach by TKO (R2, 1:56)

Ziyad Almaayouf def. Frank Lucian Mango by unanimous decision (78-71, 77-72, 77-72)

Mikie Tallon def. Orlando Pino by KO (R1, 1:31)

Mohammed Alakel def. Lydon Chircop by TKO (R5, 2:02)

Sultan Almohammed def. Efren Besalduch by TKO (R3, 2:41)

Omar Hikal def. Brian Castellano by unanimous decision (40-35, 40-35, 40-35)

Mohamed Mabrouk Yehya def. Bryan Zapata by unanimous decision (40-36, 39-37, 40-36)