Joshua Sends A Direct Challenge To Wilder – “Come see me”
Amid a whole lot of setbacks and rejected contract stories, the world of boxing still wants to see a fight between the two current big guns in the heavyweight division. Before the rise of the likes of Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury, the boxing world had only so much to offer and fans […]
Ruiz Nervous To Face Joshua
Heavyweight contender, Andy Ruiz Jr, will get a second shot at a heavyweight title, three actually, when he faces Anthony Joshua at the Maddison Square Garden, New York, on June 1. After two weeks of searching for a worthy replacement for Joshua’s original contender, Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller, who embarrassed himself following his failed drug […]
Joshua To Face Ruiz Jr
The long awaited announcement has been made. Unified Heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, is set to face American, Andy Ruiz Jr, in his USA debut at the Maddison Square Garden on June 1st 2019. Joshua, 29, was originally billed to face Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller in New York, but the American was disqualified after he failed […]
Adesanya Crowned UFC Middleweight Interim Champion
Nigerian mixed martial artist and boxer, Israel Adesanya, has been crowned the new Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight interim champion. The current UFC middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker, has been scheduled for two headline fights in his country of residence, Australia, but was a no-show on both occasions. Having failed to defend his title for a long […]
Bash Ali’s Return To Boxing: Yay Or Nay?
Former IBF Cruiserweight champion, Bash Ali, has planned an imminent comeback to the world of boxing with a Guinness Book of World record worthy title fight tentatively fixed for the Saturday, 29th June 2019. Ali has been away from active boxing for 12 years. However, the boxer has since been working on a plan to […]
Local Light Heavyweight Champions, Masebinu, Takes Aim At Anthony Joshua’s Titles
National Lightweight Heavyweight champion, Adewale Masebinu, says he hopes to one day wear the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Organization (WBO) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) title belts. “Masevex”, as he is fondly called, plans to first take on the challenge to win the World Boxing Council (WBC) title from whomever holds it, before […]
Golden Moments In Sports: Joshua’s Third Round Massacre Of Molina
Anthony Joshua was set up to defend his International Boxing Federation (IBF) title against Eric Molina, after Wladimir Klitschko refused to face the Briton, who he thought wasn’t good enough for a fight. Joshua had only one job; prove the Russian wrong and pave the way for a heavyweight unification title bout. Prior to the […]
Adesanya To Face Gastelum For Interim Middleweight Belt
After an unexpected health complication stopped middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker, from defending his title against Kelvin Gastelum, earlier this month, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) board, has booked an interim title fight pending the champ’s recovery. Nigerian middleweight, Israel Adesanya, will now face first-rate title-challenger, Gastelum, in a pay-per-view event for UFC 236, on April […]
Joshua, Miller Go Head-to-Head At Fight Conference
It’s three months to the big heavyweight showdown at the Maddison Square Garden, New York, and Jarrell ‘’Big Baby’’ Miller believes Christmas will come early for him when he takes on world heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua. After months of failed meetings and proposals to Deontay Wilder, for an undisputed championship bout, Joshua has settled to […]
Anthony Joshua To Face Jarrell Miller In US Debut
After months of deliberations and rumors concerning who the unified heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, will go against next, we finally have a name and a face for the Nigerian-Brit’s next challenger. Joshua announced on YouTube that he will be making his US Debut against Jarrell Miller on June 1, at the Madison Square Garden. Skysports […]
Unbeaten Adesanya Defeats Brazil’s Silva
Nigerian-born Israel Adesanya has extend his unbeaten run in the middleweight class. The Nigerian put up a thrilling performance against Brazilian showstopper, Anderson Silva, taking home the win by unanimous decision at the UFC 234. Originally, Adesanya and Silva’s fight was billed for the co-main event in Melbourne. However, their bout was bumped to the […]
Peter Oboh Asks Joshua To Fight Wilder Anywhere
It is still unclear if world heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, will pick an opponent in time for his pre-scheduled April 13 fight at the Wembley Stadium in London. Joshua clearly wants an undisputed title bout with Deontay Wilder, for the World Boxing Council belt. However, Wilder has openly debunked any rumors that he may be […]
Wilder Denies Receiving Any Offer From Joshua
World Boxing Council champion, Deontay Wilder, claims he is yet to receive an offer from the camp of Anthony Joshua for a fight at the Wembley Stadium in April. Just last week, Matchroom boxing promoter, Eddie Hearn, said he had made clear offers to Wilder and sent him a number of unanswered emails concerning an […]
Eddie Hearn Asks Dillian Whyte to Take Joshua Fight
Matchroom boxing promoter, Eddie Hearn, has urged Dillian Whyte to grab hold of a one time opportunity to face Anthony Joshua in front of 100,000 fans, at the Wembley Stadium on April 13. Whyte had previously refused a fight deal with Joshua, however, Hearn has made a better offer to the fighter for a rematch […]
Anthony Joshua Could Face Jarrell Miller in May
American boxing heavyweight, Jarrell Miller, has made an offer to fight Anthony Joshua at the Madison Square Garden in May 2019. Miller’s promoter, Dmitry Salita, told Sky Sports that he and his team are awaiting a response from Joshua on the possible next big fight of 2019 in the United States. Unified world heavyweight champion, Joshua, […]
Connect Nigeria Top 5 Sports Persons of 2018
2018 was an appreciable year for Nigerians in sports across the globe. And as we come to the end of a successful year in sports, Connect Nigeria takes a quick look at 5 sport persons who distinguished themselves in various sports this year. The first on our list is a Nigerian, who held the world […]