Ring walks expected around 10.50pm BST
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Josh Kelly is boxing smoothly against Ireland’s Caoimhín Agyarko in their IBF light-middleweight title bout. Five rounds of a possible 12 completed and Sunderland’s “Pretty Boy” has won most, if not all, of them – although he has a cut under his left eye. Something for Agyarko to aim at.
Some pre-fight reading to set the scene as Don McRae assesses the planned Fury-Joshua showdown. It was written before Fury’s one-sided victory yesterday, but it all still holds true and is particularly relevant on AJ’s state of mind this weekend.
Joshua’s return is far more meaningful as it marks a significant step in his emotional and psychological recovery since he was injured in the devastating accident in Nigeria that killed his close friends, Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele, just after Christmas. There had been doubts Joshua would have the appetite to box again, but he believes his desire in the ring remains undiminished as he prepares to fight the obscure Albanian heavyweight Kristian Prenga late on Saturday night in Jeddah.
“It’s on Prenga, but it’s also on Fury, because I want it all,” Joshua said of his focus this week. “I believe I can become undisputed [heavyweight champion of the world]. I’ve still got the ambition and hunger.”
