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Former world boxing light and welterweight contender, Obisia Nwankpa has decried the state of boxing in the Nigeria. He said Nigeria will continue to stumble in international competitions, unless urgent steps are taken to redress the state of the sport. The former African and Commonwealth...

Minister of Sports and Youth Development Solomon Dalung and the Deputy Governor of Ogun State pictured with heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua after the fight in Cardiff, UK. The current unified world heavyweight champion, having held the IBF title since 2016, and the WBA (Super) and IBO...

Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun; sports minister Solomon Dalung; and Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed top the list of the Federal Government’s delegation to Wales to cheer on Anthony Joshua against Cameroonian Carlos Takam in their heavyweight fight at the Principality...

Two-time world champion, Larry Holmes says Nigerian-British boxing champion, Anthony Joshua needs regular sex to become a heavyweight legend. Larry who is considered one of the finest ever after racking up a 69-6 record in a career spanning four decades said this while speaking at the launch...

Nigerian born British boxer, Anthony Joshua has revealed why he has no time for girlfriends. Speaking to London Evening Standard, he said his training does not allow him “much time for girlfriends.” Joshua also hinted that he may not settle down to have a family of his own until the next 10...

Former heavyweight champion and Ukraine’s great, Wladimir Klitschko has retired from boxing. Klitschko who was defeated by British-Nigerian Anthony Joshua in the 11th round of the WBA title fight at Wembley Stadium in London in April, hung his gloves on Thursday, August 3, 2017 as one of the...

British boxer, Tyson Fury on Tuesday described Nigerian-born Anthony Joshua as a “plastic Nigerian", adding that he (Tyson) is more Nigerian than the British world heavyweight boxing champion of Nigeria descent whose ancestral home is Shagamu, Ogun state. Fury insisted in a video posted on...

World Boxing heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, is set to visit Nigeria on a three-day tour in August, during which he would pay courtesy calls on Acting President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja; and the governors of Lagos and Ogun states. He would also visit some royal fathers, including the...

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Worldwide, during the Holy Communion service of the May 2017 Holy Ghost Service, congratulated the new boxing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. He said, ''to a very large extent, strength is determined by...

The owner of Anthony Joshua’s local launderette, who the heavyweight champion boxer owes £120 for washing his kit, has revealed he used to give the millionaire boxer financial advice when he was a penniless hopeful. Muqeem Bakhtari, 32, known locally as Max, said Joshua was still regular at...

The Minister of Information, Lai Moahmmed has congratulated British professional boxer of Nigerian descent Anthony Oluwafemi Joshua, who recently defeated Ukranian Wladimir Klitschko to become the unified World Heavyweight Champion. In a statement issued in Lagos today May 2nd, Lai Mohammed...

World heavyweight champion, Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua, 27, who defeated Ukrainian giant Wladimir Klitschko in an epic 11 round battle at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, will be honoured for his heroics in Ogun State, Nigeria where his parents were born. The British boxer was born to a...

Anthony Joshua, IBF World Heavyweight Champion has credited Nigerian food such as pounded yam and egusi for his success. Joshua made the disclosure during a chat with Nigerian journalist, Oma Akatugba. See video: