Anthony Joshua made a successful return to the ring on Saturday night, overcoming early adversity to stop Kristian Prenga in the second round of the heavyweight main event at Jeddah Superdome in Saudi Arabia.
Joshua's comeback got off to a shocking start as Prenga floored the former unified heavyweight champion twice in the opening round. Joshua recovered from both knockdowns and came out aggressively in the second, eventually ending the fight with a knockout at 2:43 of Round 2 to improve to 30-4 (27 KOs). Prenga suffered just the second defeat of his career, falling to 20-2 (20 KOs).
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In the co-main event, Hamzah Sheeraz retained his WBO super middleweight title with a majority decision victory over Simon Zachenhuber by scores of 114-114, 115-113, and 116-112. Josh Kelly also remained champion, defending his IBF super welterweight title with a unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Caoimhin Agyarko.
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Elsewhere on the main card, Reito Tsutsumi stayed unbeaten by stopping Alvino Herrera Meza in the second round after scoring multiple knockdowns. Jacob Bank shut out Pawel August over eight rounds, while Nishant Dev needed less than three minutes to stop Cesar Diaz in the opening round.
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The prelims saw Oleksandr Khyzhniak stop Lenny Patrach in the second round, Ziyad Almaayouf outpoint Frank Lucian Mango, Mikie Tallon score a first-round knockout over Orlando Pino, Mohammed Alakel stop Lydon Chircop in five rounds, Sultan Almohammed defeat Efren Besalduch by third-round TKO, while Omar Hikal and Mohamed Mabrouk Yehya both earned unanimous decision victories.
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