ANTHONY JOSHUA KNOCKED DOWN TWICE BUT STOPS KRISTIAN PRENGA IN ROUND TWO

Briton on canvas inside 20 seconds and later in first Joshua recovers to blast out Albanian in second round Anthony Joshua cleared his final hurdle in the ring, before he fights Tyson Fury in November, but he was… In the early hours of Sunday morning in Jeddah, a devastating knockout in the second left Prenga crumpled in a heap on the canvas, wrapped up in the ropes, and rescued Joshua from humiliation.

Sport | The Guardian reports that briton on canvas inside 20 seconds and later in first Joshua recovers to blast out Albanian in second round Anthony Joshua cleared his final hurdle in the ring, before he fights Tyson Fury in November, but he was…

The report adds: In the early hours of Sunday morning in Jeddah, a devastating knockout in the second left Prenga crumpled in a heap on the canvas, wrapped up in the ropes, and rescued Joshua from humiliation.

After the opening three minutes his extravaganza with Fury looked as if it was about to end in abject ruins but Joshua pulled himself out of a dark pit streaked with defeat to salvage his career – and his much-hyped…

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