
Things were dicey for a few minutes when Anthony Joshua got dropped not once but twice in the first round on Saturday by Kristian Prenga, live on DAZN PPV.
But Joshua dusted himself off between rounds one and two. At the end of the second round, Joshua (30-4, 27 KOs) landed his third and final vicious right hand to send Prenga nearly through the ring to keep his long-anticipated all-British superfight against Tyson Fury intact.
Would Fury be able to withstand the onslaught that Prenga and 26 others endured? A key person associated with Joshua doesn't think so.
"He can fight like that and beat Tyson Fury because he's got the power to knock anyone out," Joshua's promoter at Matchroom Boxing, Eddie Hearn, told DAZN after the fight. "But he's got to be better.
"Prenga is not as good as Tyson Fury. He punches way harder, but he ain't as good as him. He's got to be better. But one thing you will have to do is nail AJ to the canvas to beat him, and that's the reality. Win, lose, or draw, he's giving you unbelievable drama.
"All I know is he's gonna give you 110 percent. And I stand by if he hits him on the chin, the fight's over."
Fury (36-2-1, 25 KOs) has never been knocked out in his career. He's been knocked down by Steve Cunningham in April 2013 and in the first and third fights with Deontay Wilder.
A date and location have not been made official for Joshua vs. Fury.
In a potential fight of the year contender, Rolly Romero puts his WBA welterweight title up against Teofimo Lopez on Saturday, August 22, live on DAZN.
Buy as a one-off PPV, via DAZN on Prime Video, or included along with Moses Itauma vs. Hrgovic (Aug 29) and Canelo vs. Mbilli (Oct) PPVs with a DAZN Ultimate Tier subscription.


