Joshua oo laba jeer dhulka ku dhacay ka dibna Prenga ku guuleystay Jeddah
Ciyaartii soo noqoshada ee Anthony Joshua waxay dhacday iyadoo uu xusuustay saaxiibbadiisii dhintay
Anthony Joshua ayaa laba jeer dhulka ku dhacay wareegii koowaad ee dagaalkiisii Kristian Prenga, ka hor inta uusan soo kabasho oo uu joojiyay Prenga wareegii labaad. Dagaalku wuxuu dhacay Jeddah, Sacuudi Carabiya, wuxuuna ahaa midka ugu horreeyay tanii shilka baabuurka ee Nigeria.
Dhacdooyinkii wareegyadii iyo guushii Joshua
Joshua wuxuu ku dhacay 20 ilbiriqsi gudahood markii uu Prenga ku dhuftay uppercut midig, ka dibna wareegii koowaad ayuu mar labaad dhulka ku dhacay uppercut bidix. Joshua da'diisu waa 36, halka Prenga uu yahay 35 jir, waana guuldaradii labaad ee xirfaddiisa.
Joshua wuxuu isticmaalay gacantiisa midig ee wareegii labaad, isagoo Prenga ku dhuftey shaqo uu ku dhigay dhulka oo dhalisay in garsooruhu uu joojiyo dagaalka. Prenga wuxuu yimid isagoo haystay 20 knockout oo ka mid ah 20 guul, laakiin Joshua ayaa ku guuleystay joojin wareegii labaad.
Xusuusta saaxiibbada iyo hadallada Joshua
Joshua wuxuu jirkiisa sitay magacyada Sina Ghami iyo Latif 'Latz' Ayodele, waxaana garoonku sitaa magacyada iyo erayada 'My Brother's Keeper'. Shilku wuxuu dhintay Ghami iyo Ayodele, waxaana Joshua yiri: 'It's more than punch power. That was spirit, that was Latz, that was Sina, that was the families. It hurts to even talk about it. It has been tough.'
Joshua wuxuu intaa ka dib yiri: 'It's my brothers. I don't want to talk about it.' Dagaalkii ugu dambeeyay ka hor shilka wuxuu ahaa mid ka dhan ah Jake Paul bishii December, 10 maalmood ka hor shilka dilaa ah.
Qorshaha Fury iyo xaqiijinta qandaraaska
Tyson Fury ma uusan iman dagaalka, laakiin wuxuu ka guuleystay Mariusz Wach ee Pattaya, Thailand. Maamulaha Fury Spencer Brown wuxuu ku adkaystay inuu 'there in spirit' joogi lahaa. Dagaalka Joshua iyo Fury waxaa loo fahmay inuu bilaabmayo November, waxaana la filayaa inuu daawan doono Netflix.
Qandaraasyada waa la saxiixay, laakiin goobta iyo taariikhda lama yaqaan. Eddie Hearn wuxuu yiri: 'We've signed the contract. Everything is done.' wuxuuna darnaa: 'But tonight wasn't about Tyson Fury. It was about the strength Anthony Joshua has shown just to be here. No-one knows what he's been through over the last seven months. When he went down in the first round, I thought he'd come back too soon.'
Victory sets up November meeting with Tyson Fury as contracts are signed
Anthony Joshua was knocked down twice in the first round by Kristian Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, before recovering to win by stoppage in the second round. The fight was his first since a December car crash in Nigeria.
Emotional return after Nigeria crash
Joshua, 36, fought for the first time since surviving the December car crash in Nigeria that killed Sina Ghami and Latif 'Latz' Ayodele. He carried their names on his chest and the canvas bore them with 'My Brother's Keeper'.
Prenga, 35, arrived with 20 knockouts from 20 wins and suffered his second career loss. Joshua's final right hand sent him down and the referee halted the contest in round two.
Joshua honours lost friends in victory
Joshua said: 'It's more than punch power. That was spirit, that was Latz, that was Sina, that was the families. It hurts to even talk about it. It has been tough'. He added: 'It's my brothers. I don't want to talk about it'.
Oleksandr Usyk watched from ringside with concern. Promoter Eddie Hearn said: 'When he went down in the first round, I thought he'd come back too soon'. The night belonged to Joshua's resilience.
Fury fight agreed for November
Tyson Fury did not attend but won over Mariusz Wach in Pattaya, Thailand. His manager Spencer Brown said Fury would be 'there in spirit'. The Joshua vs Fury bout is agreed for November.
Contracts are signed though venue and date are unknown. Hearn said: 'We've signed the contract. Everything is done'. The fight is expected to stream on Netflix.
