Contracts for a tantalising four-belt heavyweight unification fight between WBA, WBO and IBF champion Anthony Joshua 24-1 (22) and WBC counterpart Tyson Fury 30-0-1 (21) are expected to be signed within two weeks. Fury’s US-based co-promoter Bob Arum says he is “95 per cent confident” of getting the deal over the line. A venue for Read More…
Sports Ministry too President Muhammadu Buhari says by retaining his IBF, WBA, and WBO titles, Anthony Joshua has given boxing lovers around the world, and particularly in Nigeria, something to cheer. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, said Buhari made his feelings known while celebrating the decisive victory Read More…
VIDEO: Joshua gives post-match reaction World boxing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua knocked out Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev near the end of the ninth round on Saturday to retain his IBF, WBO and WBA belts. The 31-year-old Nigerian-born Briton was close to winning when he floored Pulev in the third round after a sweet right hand at Read More…
Britain’s Joshua will start as clear favourite in front of 1,000 fans at Wembley Arena for the fight that was postponed in June because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’m prepared to go to the final bell. I’m a 15-round fighter, not a 12-round fighter,” Joshua, who reclaimed his titles by beating Andy Ruiz in a Read More…
DAZN, a global sports streaming service, on Wednesday says it will be expanding to over 200 countries and territories in December. In a statement in Lagos by their PR agents in Nigeria, CMC Connect BCW, the streaming service said that by Dec. 1 the platform would debut with back-to-back weekends, featuring boxing events with International Read More…
Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev will take on heavyweight boxing’s world champion Anthony Joshua in London on Dec. 12, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) mandatory challenger said on Monday. The 39-year-old had been scheduled to meet Joshua on June 20 but the fight was postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. “No turning back, no procrastination! Kubrat Pulev Read More…
It is possible that Bosede Okeowo’s troubles would soon be over. That is if her pencilled drawing of Anthony Joshua, world boxing champion, reaches him. From the loneliness of her home in Otun Ekiti in Ekiti State, Bosede took her time to sketch and render a realist portrait of the pugilist. She thought nothing of Read More…