{"id":628513,"date":"2026-06-09T02:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T02:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/628513\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T02:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T02:38:15","slug":"anthony-joshua-vs-kristian-prenga-undercard-could-feature-two-british-world-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/628513\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua vs Kristian Prenga undercard could feature two British world champions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hamzah Sheeraz and Josh Kelly are being lined up to fight on Anthony Joshua’s undercard.<\/p>\n

Joshua will step into the ring in a warm-up fight against unknown Albanian Prenga on July 25 in Saudi Arabia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Joshua and Prenga will headline what promises to be an exciting card in JeddahCredit: AFP<\/p>\n

The event has yet to be announced but it is expected several big names are competing to be on the bill.<\/p>\n

And Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn<\/a> has suggested that IBF super-welterweight champion Kelly and new WBO super-middleweight champion Sheeraz are in consideration.<\/p>\n

He told Boxing Scene<\/a>: \u201cI think there could be two world championship fights on the undercard.<\/p>\n

\u201cHamzah Sheeraz may be one of those as well. <\/p>\n

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“Obviously we’ll talk to Frank Warren<\/a> and Spencer Brown [Sheeraz\u2019s prmoter and manager] and everybody, and Josh Kelly could feature on there as well. <\/p>\n

“That’ll be announced this coming week.\u201d<\/p>\n

It would be too big additions to the card, with the pair likely to make title defences.<\/p>\n

Belfast Caoimhin Agyarko is in line to face Kelly, having been declared the mandatory challenger with the fight ordered.<\/p>\n

As for Sheeraz, it will likely be his first defence as opposed to an early unification clash.<\/p>\n

Sheeraz defeated Alem Begic in routine fashion to capture the vacant title.<\/p>\n

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Sheeraz is one of two champions that could place on the bill<\/p>\n

And he is now looking to build towards big fights including a potential mega-clash with Canelo Alvarez<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Joshua – I’m ready for Prenga and Fury and way more<\/p>\n

In the main event, Joshua will return for the first time since being caught up in a tragic car accident<\/a> in December.<\/p>\n

Many suggested he would retire from the sport, but he now has a big 2026 ahead including a signed clash with Fury.<\/p>\n

It is unclear how long Joshua has left in the sport given he is now 36-years-old and coming into his twilight years.<\/p>\n

But the British heavyweight has suggested he could fight until he hits 40<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He said: “I’m coming up to 37 in October, so it’s only three years, it’ll go quick.<\/p>\n

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“Obviously it’s going to be tough, but I definitely think I’m tough enough to do it. Why not? I’m definitely more mature.<\/p>\n

“So that’s the road map, undisputed champion, we’re on the journey. July 25 is getting back on the gravy train.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hamzah Sheeraz and Josh Kelly are being lined up to fight on Anthony Joshua’s undercard. Joshua will step…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[6565,2560,6102,154307,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-628513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-anthony-joshua","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-kristian-prenga","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628513","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=628513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}