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\u201cWhen he got dropped, I was like, that\u2019s career over,\u201d Hearn said to Charlie Parsons at The Stomping Ground. \u201cI\u2019m kind of thinking to myself, \u2018You know what? I\u2019m proud of him for even getting back in the ring.\u2019 If it ends like this, he should be really proud of the fact that he even returned to boxing. He had 24 breaks in his ribs or something. He couldn\u2019t move, was in hospital for weeks and weeks. To even be in the ring was incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n Hearn said Joshua\u2019s recovery changed everything.<\/p>\n \u201cHe held on. He walked onto an uppercut and somehow found a way to recover,\u201d Hearn said. \u201cWhen he got back to the stool, I felt if he could just find his legs, this guy had thrown a lot of punches in the first round and was going to wear himself out. AJ has incredible knockout power. It doesn\u2019t matter if he\u2019s hurt. He has the ability to take you out with one punch.\u201d<\/p>\n Joshua answered those concerns by stopping Prenga in the second round, but Hearn did not ignore the warning signs. He believes the performance should not overshadow the determination Joshua displayed by overcoming the knockdowns and finishing the fight.<\/p>\n Robert Segal is a boxing journalist at Boxing News 24 with more than a decade of experience covering fight news, previews, and analysis. Known for his straightforward reporting and ringside perspective, he delivers authoritative coverage of champions, contenders, and emerging talent worldwide.<\/p>\n Click here to subscribe to our FREE newsletter<\/a>Related Boxing News:<\/p>\n \t\t\tCategories Anthony Joshua<\/a>, Eddie Hearn<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb Anthony Joshua<\/a> \u00bb Eddie Hearn Thought Anthony Joshua\u2019s Career Was Over<\/p>\n Last Updated on 2026\/07\/25 at 8:30 PM \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua\u2019s dramatic comeback knockout of Kristian Prenga left Eddie Hearn celebrating by the end of the night,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":826924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-826923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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