Anthony Joshua’s clash with Tyson Fury looked in doubt after he was floored inside 20 seconds of fight with Kristian Prenga, only to rebound by knocking out Albanian in second round.
Although, Fury and Joshua are set to meet in November, with contracts signed but no venue announced yet.
Anthony Joshua remains on course for a showdown with British heavyweight rival Tyson Fury later this year after recovering from being knocked down inside 20 seconds to secure a second-round knockout of Kristian Prenga in a wild clash in Jeddah.
Joshua endured a dismal first three minutes on the night, hitting the canvas twice, firstly from a vicious uppercut, with the Albanian knockout specialist eyeing a seismic shock.
However, Prenga was demolished by right hands soon after in AJ’s first outing since he was a passenger in a car crash in December that killed friends Sina Ghami and Latif ‘Latz’ Ayodele.
An emotional Joshua dedicated his win to his late team members, saying: “It’s more than punch power. That was spirit, that was Latz, that was Sina, that was the families. It hurts to even talk about it. It has been tough. It’s my brothers. I don’t want to talk about it.”
