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Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Anthony Joshua survived two knockdowns in round one to win his 30th pro fight with a stoppage victory over Kristian Prenga By Kal Sajad BBC Sport boxing journalist Published 32 minutes ago After just 20 seconds, the biggest fight in British boxing had seemingly gone up in smoke in Jeddah's desert air. Anthony Joshua was flat on his back and a long-awaited showdown with Tyson Fury was hanging in the balance. One more knockdown, one astonishing comeback and a second-round knockout later, the blockbuster bout was revived. But after one of the wildest nights of Joshua's career against Kristian Prenga, the Fury fight suddenly feels like a very different contest. "That was chaos. Absolute chaos. Just madness," former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellew said on DAZN. Joshua's emotional win over Prenga in pictures Published 7 hours ago Relive Joshua's dramatic comeback knockout win Bloodied Kelly battles past Agyarko to retain title Published 9 hours ago The emotion of Joshua's comeback victory cannot be overstated. Given everything he has endured since the tragic car crash in Nigeria that claimed the lives of his close friends Sina Ghami and Latif 'Latz' Ayodele, simply stepping back into the ring was an achievement. Sentiment aside, though, had Albanian Prenga pressed home his advantage after dropping Joshua twice in the opening round, the story could have been very different. Prenga arrived with an impressive record - 20 knockouts from 20 victories and one defeat - but had never operated anywhere near this level or under this kind of spotlight. "I think we need to look at that first round and look at how easily AJ was hurt. We can't just skip past that," 5 Live boxing pundit Steve Bunce said. "We saw a man in a very bad place come through an even worse situation and emerge victorious at the end. That will be the story. "However, once we step back, we need to keep looking at that first round and start asking: how much further do we want to push him?" Is Fury now the clear favourite? This was supposed to be Joshua's comeback week. Instead, Fury reminded everyone that he remains the master of stealing a headline. Fury was originally expected to fight on 1 August in Dublin, but moved quickly to schedule his own bout against a 46-year-old Mariusz Wach for the evening before Joshua's fight night. Then in fight week came the usual Fury theatre. He insisted he would not be in Jeddah, before hinting the opposite. An Instagram post tagged with the location "Who Knows" only added fuel to the speculation. In the end, Fury stayed away and perhaps that was a blessing for Joshua. Had Fury been sitting ringside watching his rival get dropped twice in the opening round, would Joshua have found the same reserves of determination to turn the fight around? Would the pressure of knowing Fury was watching have changed the moment? We will never know. But what we do know is that while the two men made it through their respective
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