Anthony Joshua knocked out Kristian Prenga at 2:43 of round two in Jeddah on Saturday after the Albanian-American underdog had sent the former world champion to the canvas twice in round one, a completed result fixed before the July 25 cutoff by three reporting records. [1][2][3]

The Guardian logged the first knockdown inside 20 seconds, Joshua unsteady under Prenga's right hand, and a second knockdown before the bell; in round two Joshua came forward, landed a heavy one-two, and drove Prenga into the corner with hooks until he failed to beat the count. [1]

Bad Left Hook and FightMag independently gave the finish as 2:43, with FightMag identifying it as the official time, and both reports preserved the two first-round knockdowns that made the finish a reversal rather than an uncomplicated win. [2][3]

DAZN Boxing's exact X post celebrated the winner in all caps and supplied only the round, a clean result clip whose brevity leaves out the two trips to the canvas that made the outcome news rather than routine promotion.

That is the limit of the completed record: Prenga owned the two knockdowns in round one, Joshua owned the knockout in round two, and 2:43 is the only larger judgment this bout requires.

-- YOSEF STERN, Jerusalem