Anthony Joshua was stunned by two early knockdowns, but rallied to beat Kristian Prenga and avoid a monumental upset.
Tyson Fury, got the job done in his own warm-up fight against Mariusz Wach just one night before, to set up their inevitable clash.
And all eyes were on AJ to see if he could deliver on his end of the bargain against a limited but unbeaten puncher in Prenga.
He found himself twice on the canvas in a frantic opening round, with his rival closing in on a historic upset.
But he regained his composure and ironed out the gutted Prenga to set up a clash with Fury.
Joshua vs Prenga results
- Anthony Joshua bts Kristian Prenga by KO2 – heavyweight
- Hamzah Sheeraz bts Simon Zachenhuber by MD – WBO super-middleweight title
- Josh Kelly bts Caoimhin Agyarko by UD – IBF super-welterweight title
- Reito Tsutsumi bts Alvino Herrera Meza by KO2 – Super-featherweight
- Jacob Bank bts Pawel August by UD – Super-middleweight
- Nishant Dev bts Cesar Diaz by KO1
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