Kristian Prenga has been backed to upset Anthony Joshua “like [Andy] Ruiz did” by sparring accomplice Brandon Moore forward of their combat on Saturday in Saudi Arabia.
Joshua’s first skilled defeat got here by the hands of Ruiz in 2019, in a monumental upset at Madison Sq. Backyard that noticed Joshua lose his IBF, WBA and WBO titles.
Although Joshua – who’s preventing Prenga (20-1-0, 20 KOs) as a warm-up bout for his highly-anticipated combat towards Tyson Fury within the winter – is closely favoured towards the Albanian, Moore feels that the British heavyweight could possibly be topic to an analogous shock defeat in Jeddah.
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Dillian Whyte offers his opinion on Anthony Joshua’s subsequent combat towards Kristian Prenga.
“[Prenga] looks really, really, really good in sparring right now. It’s going to be a pretty entertaining fight,” Moore instructed Sky Sports activities.
“I believe that he has a fairly good shot of beating him, and I believe he is greater than Joshua. Joshua simply has a muscular physique, however Prenga’s an even bigger man.
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Barry Hearn backs Anthony Joshua to beat Tyson Fury when the British rivals lastly meet later this 12 months, insisting Wembley Stadium is the perfect venue for followers.
“It should be a tricky combat, however I believe he can catch [Joshua] the identical method Andy Ruiz did.
“That is AJ’s first combat again. AJ’s had numerous stuff happening in his life – nothing however respect to AJ, however if you’re getting again into the ring, you have not fought shortly, that ring rust is actual.
“This is not a small thing – everybody’s going to be watching.”
Brandon Moore celebrates his victory towards Skylar Lacy
Moore, who’s hopeful of his personal high-profile bout towards a UK heavyweight, was fast to stress the worth of Prenga’s combat towards Joshua, which is undoubtedly the largest of his profession up to now.
“I told [Prenga] that he has the opportunity of a lifetime. He has the opportunity that I would wish for.
“AJ is a good fighter, and he is performed superb issues within the sport of boxing.
“But [Prenga] has the opportunity, you know, to be in the names of people that have beaten future Hall of Famers.
“Every part needs to be aligned. He has to do all the pieces completely.”
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