Anthony Joshua flirted with disaster but came through a chaotic, albeit short, fight with Kristian Prenga in Saudi Arabia to finally set up a long-awaited clash with Tyson Fury.
Heavyweight star Joshua – making his comeback after surviving a fatal car crash in Nigeria, which claimed the lives of two of his teammates – was expected to brush aside Albanian unknown Prenga with ease at Jeddah Superdome but instead found himself on the canvas within 30 seconds as his unfancied, but heavy-hitting foe, floored the Brit with a devastating uppercut. Another scuffle shortly before the end of the first round then saw “AJ” hit the deck for a second time.
