{"id":652524,"date":"2026-06-22T17:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/652524\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T17:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:17:08","slug":"tyson-fury-sums-up-the-boxing-ability-of-anthony-joshuas-warm-up-opponent-kristian-prenga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/652524\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury sums up the boxing ability of Anthony Joshua’s warm-up opponent Kristian Prenga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyson Fury<\/a> has offered a damning verdict on Anthony Joshua<\/a>\u2019s next opponent, fully expecting his domestic rival to take care of business.<\/p>\n

The two Brits are expected to collide later this year, or early next year, though nothing has been confirmed regarding a specific date or location.<\/p>\n

It does seem, however, that their long-awaited matchup is finally close to materialising, just so long as both men win their respective warm-up fights.<\/p>\n

Despite coming off a unanimous decision victory over Arslanbek Makhmudov<\/a> in April, Fury has since expressed his desire to enter another interim bout in August.<\/p>\n

This seemingly remains up in the air, though, as an official announcement is yet to emerge, while Joshua at least has a confirmed assignment to prepare for.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old will be facing little-known heavyweight Kristian Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 25<\/a>, entering his first fight since scoring a sixth-round finish over Jake Paul in December.<\/p>\n

While Prenga is far from the most dangerous opponent, Joshua was never likely to take a gamble before squaring off with Fury \u2013 and especially not after being involved in a tragic car crash that killed two of his closest friends.<\/p>\n

Recognising this, Fury simply dismissed Prenga as little more than a part-time brawler when asked what he knew about the Albanian heavyweight by Pro Boxing Fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s a doorman, isn\u2019t he?\u201d<\/p>\n

While no opponent has been confirmed, 41-year-old Nelson Hysa has been rumoured<\/a> as a potential option for Fury, who is perhaps more credible than a \u201cdoorman\u201d but arguably does not pose a much greater threat than Prenga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury has offered a damning verdict on Anthony Joshua\u2019s next opponent, fully expecting his domestic rival to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":652525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-652524","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\/652524","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=652524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}