Anthony Joshua Enrolls For National Identity Card
Questions regarding Anthony Joshua’s nationality were put to bed as the Nigerian boxer, enrolled for his National Identity Card at the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, Abuja. The commission displayed pictures of Joshua enrolling for the National Identity Card in its office on its official twitter handle, which also saw the world heavyweight boxing champion […]
Golden Moments In Sports: When Anthony Joshua Took A Beating He’ll Never Forget
Only a handful of boxing fights have ever lived up to the hype that preceded them, and the biggest heavyweight bout of 2017 is one of such fights. A record audience of 90,000 boxing fans gathered at the Wembley Stadium in England to watch Wladimir Klitschko take on a young English boxer who was by […]
Who Do You Think Would Win – Joshua Or Wilder?
Boxing experts have been submitting their predictions on who would win the fight, if Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder decided to get in a ring together. For most, the unified world heavyweight champion would undoubtedly defeat Wilder to become the undisputed champion of the world. Others, however, think Wilder will emerge victorious if both men […]
Olaide Fijabi In Bad Shape For Super Lightweight Title Defense
Africa Boxing Union (ABU), Super Lightweight champion, Olaide Fijabi, may miss his title defense bout in Dakar, Senegal, due an injury he sustained while in training on Saturday. The Nigerian, who defeated Tanzanian boxer, Shedrach Ignas Koberto, to claim the title in December last year, was scheduled to meet Abderrazak Houya of Senegal on Saturday, […]
WBC Rules In Favor Of Joshua Vs Wilder-Fury Winner
A potential mega-bout between Anthony Joshua and the winner of Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury’s clash on December is the topic on everyone’s lips in world boxing. However, without a sanction by the WBC (World Boxing Council), the title-fight would never happen and, essentially, the winner cannot take the WBC title. Joshua currently holds the […]
Did You Know? The First Nigerian To Win A Heavyweight Title
Boxing has existed as a sport in North Africa since 4000 BC. Back then, it was known as pugilism — which means sweet science. In the years that followed, the fight sport in which two men wearing tights and protective gloves throw punches at each other in a ring would go on to be one […]
“Anthony Joshua’s Next Fight Will Be Against A WBO Challenger” – Hearn
Just as many have speculated, Anthony Joshua’s next fight may be against a WBO mandatory challenger. In an interview with Sky Sports, Matchroom promoter, Eddie Hearn, says he believes that Dillian Whyte could be Joshua’s next mandatory challenger. Although Whyte has not been officially acknowledged by the WBO for a title defense bout against Joshua, […]
Heavyweight: Oleksandr Usyk Wants A Shot At Joshua
Undisputed cruiserweight champion, Oleksandr Usyk, reveals he wants a chance to face unified heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua. Oleksandr is the first man ever in history to hold all four cruiserweight titles at a time, and he will stake it all down against challenger, Tony Bellew, at the Manchester Arena on November 10. It is not […]
Anthony Joshua Knocks Out Povetkin To Retain Heavyweight Crown
Anthony Joshua, once again held his own against a formidable challenger, Alexander Povetkin, to retain his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight belts on Saturday night at Wembley Stadium, London. Povetkin On The Assault The WBA mandatory challenger came at Joshua more prepared than the thousands at Wembley would have thought, handing the champ deadly mid […]
Anthony Joshua’s Unbelievable Diet
Unified heavy weight champion, Anthony Joshua’s daily diet can feed a family-of-four. Can you beat that? Since the announcement of his title fight against mandatory challenger, Alexander Povetkin, Joshua took his training to a whole new level, with an unbelievable ‘regular’ diet plan that will shock you. Diet plan Joshua’s pre-fight diet consists of 4,000 […]
“My Mind Is On Povetkin” – Joshua
Unified heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua maintains an assured demeanor as his fight with mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin draws close. Joshua will stake his WBA Super, IBF, WBO and IBO belts against Russian strongman, Povetkin on September 22nd. In the face of potential mega-bouts against his heavyweight rivals – Deontay Wilder and fellow Briton, Tyson Fury […]
Lennox Lewis Urges Anthony Joshua To Prove His Superiority
Former world Heavyweight Champion, Lennox Lewis, has called on Anthony Joshua to prove himself the superior warrior amongst the heavyweights in the division. Lewis recalled that he himself also had to walk the career path Joshua is treading right now and the current heavyweight champion must prove himself the best not just in the division […]
Anthony Joshua retains IBF World title, Heavyweight Parker, Judgmental
The Nigeria-Britsh boxing Superstar Anthony Joshua defeated Carlos Takam with a tenth-round technical knockout at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff on Saturday night. AJ as he is popularly known defeated Takam in the tenth round after suffering a nose injury in the second round from a headbutt. The win has made sure AJ retains the International […]
Nigerian Boxer is WBO Champion!
By Arinze Ude Former Nigerian amateur boxer, King Davidson Emenogu defeated Russia’s Russia’s Andrejs Iodinovs in the fifth round to retain his World Boxing Organization (WBO) International light middleweight title in Southampton on Sunday. Emenogu, who was initially pencilled down for a fight against Ghanaian-born Philip Kotey, knocked out the Russian opposition in the […]
Discover Nigeria: The Greatest Boxer, Dick Tiger
“One, Two, Three… Ten”, the referee cried, as the bell went off, signaling the end of the bout. It was the tenth round. And this boxing match had lingered an age in Rubin “Hurricane” Carter’s mind. He had been felled three times by this African from Nigeria in front of a home crowd at Madison Square Garden, New York.
Olympics 2012: Day Three for Team Nigeria.
There wasn’t too much activity for Team Nigeria on this day. With some of our hopefuls losing out in other sports we are anxiously waiting for the athletics events to start and also for Chika Chukwumerije to show us again what winning a medal feels like.