Саудын Арабын Жедда хотноо болсон тулаанд Энтони Жошуа эхний раундад хоёр удаа хүнд цохилтод орсон ч Кристиан Пренгаг хоёр дахь раундад нокаутаар буулган авлаа.
Тулааны эхэнд албани боксчин Кристиан Пренга хүчтэй дайралт хийж, Энтони Жошуаг хоёр ч удаа хүнд байдалд оруулсан нь гэнэтийн үйл явдал болсон юм. Гэвч Жошуа сэтгэл зүйн хувьд эргэн ирж, туршлагаа ашиглан өрсөлдөгчөө барьж авах замаар хүнд үеийг давж чадсан байна.
Рингний дэргэд уг тулааныг үзсэн хагас хүнд жингийн дэлхийн асан аварга Тони Беллью, Жошуаг эхний раундад хүнд цохилт авсан ч биеийн бэлтгэл сайтай байсны ачаар босч ирснийг онцоллоо. Түүний хэлснээр, Жошуа өрсөлдөгчөө гэмтээсэн үедээ тун эвгүй, шийдэмгий дуусгагч гэдгээ дахин харууллаа.
Энэхүү ялалтын дараа Энтони Жошуа болон Тайсон Фьюри нарын удаан хүлээгдсэн тулаан зохион байгуулагдах нь тодорхой болов. Тайсон Фьюри баасан гарагт Мариуш Вахыг ялснаар энэ оны сүүлээр болох тулаанд бэлэн гэдгээ харуулсан юм.
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Anthony Joshua may have earned a knockout win over Kristian Prenga but the fight certainly didn’t unfold as most people expected.
Joshua was facing the Albanian in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, and it looked like a massive upset could be on the cards when he was dropped twice in the opening round.
‘AJ’ was able to recover and went on to secure a second round knockout victory to prevent the shock loss, seemingly paving the way for the battle against Tyson Fury later this year.
One man who was ringside to witness the battle was former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellew, and he praised Joshua’s ability to turn things around in the fight after describing it as ‘chaos’.
“We predicted round two but I don’t think we foresaw that. That was chaos. He doesn’t see the uppercut coming and finds himself on the floor without knowing how he got there.
“The second one he did see it coming and he was able to clench down on the jaw. He got up and then the experience that he has he used tonight because he tied him up. Against Andy Ruiz he didn’t know what he was doing and didn’t know how to do that, but tonight he did.
“He showed once again there is no quit. To be that hurt in the first round and get up, that’s the recoveries of power. People talk about your chin, but it’s not, it’s the level of fitness that gets you up from the floor.
“When Joshua gets a fighter hurt he’s the best finisher in the division. Whenever he hurts someone they’re gone. I haven’t seen him drop anybody and they survive, only Andy Ruiz. He’s a ruthless finisher.”
The clash between Joshua and Fury is now expected to be announced soon for later this year, after Fury won his own interim fight on Friday by defeating Mariusz Wach.
