Anthony Joshua dey return to di ring next weekend, as e go box Kristian Prenga for warm-up bout before im super-fight wit Tyson Fury. Joshua go face di Albanian, wey be relative unknown, for di Briton first fight since e survive fatal car crash for December, wey kill two of im teammates.
Dat accident for Nigeria happen 10 days after Joshua stop YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul for Miami, a fight wey AJ know sey e no be comprehensive gateway to im all-British showdown wit Fury. So, 36-year-old Joshua (29-4, 26 KOs) go first face Prenga (20-1, 20 KOs), one night after Fury warm-up against Mariusz Wach.
Joshua vs Fury dey due for late 2026, wit November date rumoured for Wembley Stadium – provided di fight take place for early hours of di morning, apparently. Before den, for di Joshua vs Prenga undercard, British stars Hamzah Sheeraz and Josh Kelly go put dia world titles on di line.
Joshua vs Prenga go take place on Saturday 25 July for Jeddah Superdome for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Di main card go include Anthony Joshua vs Kristian Prenga for heavyweight, plus Hamzah Sheeraz vs Simon Zachenhuber for WBO super-middleweight title, Josh Kelly vs Caoimhin Agyarko for IBF super-welterweight title, and oda fights like Reito Tsutsumi vs Alvino Herrera, Jacob Bank vs Pawel August, and Nishant Dev vs Cesar Diaz.
Prelims go feature Lenny Patrach vs Oleksandr Khyzhniak, Ziyad Almaayouf vs Frank Mango, Mikie Tallon vs Orlando Pino, Mohammed Alakel vs Lydon Chircop, Sultan Almohamed vs Efren Besalduch, Omar Hikal vs Brian Castellano, and Mahmoud Mobark vs Bryan Zapata.
World champions Hamzah Sheeraz and Josh Kelly go defend dia respective titles for di undercard. Turki Alalshikh, chairman of di Saudi Arabian General Entertainment Authority, confirm di undercard on Monday. WBO super middleweight champion Sheeraz (23-0-1, 19 KOs) go face German Simon Zachenhuber for di first defence of im belt. Di Brit win im first world title for May, comfortably beating Alem Begic wit a Round 2 knockout for Egypt.
Sheeraz don dey linked wit a potential fight against Canelo Alvarez and don openly call for a fight wit di Mexican star. However, Alvarez dey set to fight di WBC champion at 168 pounds, Christian Mbilli, for October. Kelly, di IBF junior middleweight champion, go fight Ireland Caoimhin Agyarko. Kelly (18-1-1, 9 KOs) dey on an eight-fight win streak afta e stun Bakhram Murtazaliev for January to win im first world title. Di Brit overcome a late knockdown to hand di Russian im first professional defeat as e win on points for Newcastle.
Unbeaten Agyarko (18-0, 7 KOs) dey set to fight Brandon Adams for a IBF title eliminator earlier dis year before e dey cancelled at short notice wen Adams fall ill before di weigh-in. Di Irishman go now go straight into a world title fight off di back of a win against Ishmael Davis last year. Should Kelly come through di fight, promoter Eddie Hearn don indicate sey a unification fight wit WBA and WBO champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis fit dey on di cards later dis year. Both fighters dey represented by Hearn Matchroom Boxing.
