{"id":717012,"date":"2026-07-29T09:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T09:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/717012\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T09:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T09:36:14","slug":"anthony-joshuas-team-adresses-suspicion-surrounding-kristian-prenga-fight-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/717012\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua&#8217;s team adresses suspicion surrounding Kristian Prenga fight ending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has been plenty of debate surrounding <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/anthony-joshua\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Joshua<\/a>\u2018s dramatic victory against Kristian Prenga over the last few days.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua avoided a huge upset as he recovered from two knockdowns inside the opening three minutes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/cgew1lrpgzro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">to stop Prenga in round two<\/a>, paving the way for his long-awaited showdown with Tyson Fury later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Some fans have questioned how the fight played out after round one, with broadcaster Simon Jordan one of the more high profile voices suggesting that there was something \u2018not quite right\u2019.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not having that \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/anthonyjoshua?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#anthonyjoshua<\/a> fight ..:<\/p>\n<p>Dropped twice and sets the tempo, how\u2019s that ? \u2026 Prenga totally different in 2nd <\/p>\n<p>Something not quite right , all designed to rinse maximum amount of money \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Simon Jordan (@Sjopinion10) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Sjopinion10\/status\/2081149953942982860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joshua\u2019s team have now responded to those claims, as Oleksandr Usyk team director and now \u2018AJ\u2019 team member Sergey Lapin has dismissed it as nothing other than \u2018someone\u2019s imagination\u2019 whilst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnetwork.com\/mma\/exclusive-interview-with-sergey-lapin-anthony-joshua-lost-a-part-of-himself-in-horror-accident-we-cannot-judge-him-on-one-bad-round\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">speaking to Action Network.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do I think of Simon Jordan\u2019s comments? I suppose they also told Prenga to walk straight into a punch that weighed one and a half tonnes. Everyone is entitled to their own theories. I have a friend who still believes the Earth is flat and that space doesn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersonally, I\u2019d rather discuss what actually happened inside the ring than someone else\u2019s imagination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With any outlandish suggestions of foul play now put to bed, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/nelson-on-fury-joshua-after-last-fights\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">attention will quickly turn to the clash with Fury<\/a>, who was victorious in his own warm-up bout in Thailand on Friday when he defeated Mariusz Wach by seventh round retirement.<\/p>\n<p>As for Prenga, he could land another big opportunity after his showing against Joshua, with Dave Allen already one of the names that has called out the Albanian for a future fight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There has been plenty of debate surrounding Anthony Joshua\u2018s dramatic victory against Kristian Prenga over the last few&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-717012","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\/717012","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=717012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}