Hearn became visibly frustrated while defending both the opponent selection and Joshua\u2019s need for a measured return following injuries and setbacks.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s any difference in the levels between Makhmudov and Prenga. Really. We\u2019ve seen a bit of Makhmudov, but what does that mean? Just because you\u2019ve never watched a fighter, you want to suddenly say he\u2019s no good,\u201d Hearn said to The Stomping Ground.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not saying he\u2019s a world-class elite heavyweight, but he\u2019s a competent heavyweight puncher. Just because someone\u2019s never got the opportunity to be in that kind of fight before, you can\u2019t just say, \u2018Well, I\u2019ve never seen him before, he\u2019s shit.\u2019 That\u2019s just naive.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a lot of questions to answer. You\u2019ve got to go out there under the pressure and the bright lights and do it. You\u2019ve also got to understand what he\u2019s been through physically as well. Not just mentally and emotionally, but the injuries.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t just come back into a fight like Tyson Fury like nothing\u2019s happened. Let him do his thing July 25th, and I believe he\u2019ll smash up Prenga and then I believe he\u2019ll fight Fury.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hearn also claimed he believes Prenga would be competitive against heavyweight contender Arslanbek Makhmudov despite criticism surrounding Joshua\u2019s comeback opponent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hearn became visibly frustrated while defending both the opponent selection and Joshua\u2019s need for a measured return following…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-584714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}