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  • Anthony Joshua loses close ones to coronavirus

    Anthony Joshua loses close ones to coronavirus

    World heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, has revealed that he has “lost close ones” to coronavirus.

    Joshua disclosed this via a clip on his YouTube channel on Wednesday.

    “Wherever you are in the world I’m just checking in personally for everyone to just say, I hope you were well I will keep it safe.

    “I’ve lost no one immediate to me. But I’ve lost close ones from my boxing gym, close friends and friends of friends. And it gets serious when it starts coming closer to home,” the 30-year-old said.

    Joshua’s title defence against IBF mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev scheduled for June, is set to be rescheduled due to the pandemic.

    “I would love to be out there right now doing the most on my dirt bikes, meeting up with my boys, sparring, going down to the boxing gym. Even a rebel like me is trying to follow some guidelines to do the right thing,” he added.

  • Boxing: Joshua, Andy Ruiz set for trilogy fight

    Anthony Joshua may lock horns with Andy Ruiz Jr once again in the future after his promoter Eddie Hearn teased a trilogy.

    Joshua took Ruiz apart in their December rematch to round off a dominant points victory and become a two-time world champion in Saudi Arabia – avenging his shocking loss to the Mexican, who had stopped him in New York months earlier.

    With both men winning one fight each, Ruiz had immediately called for a third bout to settle the contest, although many fans are hoping for Joshua to instead take on Tyson Fury or Deontay Wilder instead in a mega undisputed fight.

    But Hearn has suggested that Joshua and Ruiz could eventually share a ring together again, saying the 30-year-old will ‘fight everyone’, including Ruiz. But he had doubts over whether the Mexican was ready for a huge fight again after making a sizeable profit from his first two fights with the Brit.

    “He will fight everybody, and that probably includes a third fight with Ruiz at some point if he keeps winning or if he’s still around,’ he told Fighthub.

    “Who knows what Ruiz is going to do? He’s made a lot of money. Maybe he sails off into the sunset.

    “It’s not just the partying, it’s the travelling, talk shows, party, media, game show, Jimmy Kimmel, and that drains you. That’s one of the things that AJ did wrong. He did too much of that. It’s like an obligation of being a champion.”

  • Coronavirus: Anthony Joshua into self-isolation after contact with Prince Charles

    Coronavirus: Anthony Joshua into self-isolation after contact with Prince Charles

    World Heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua has gone into self-isolation after coming in contact with Prince Charles who tested positive for Coronavirus on Wednesday.

    Charles, the eldest son, and heir to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, is showing mild symptoms of coronavirus and is self-isolating in Scotland, officials said on Wednesday.

    It remained unclear when Charles caught the illness but on March 9, he spent the day with the Queen, prime minister Boris Johnson and stars of sport and entertainment – including Joshua – at the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey.

    A spokesman for Joshua told the Daily Mail that Joshua is at home following government guidelines, “he is fit and well. He wishes everyone affected a speedy recovery and a huge thank you to all the front line key workers.”

    Joshua is due to defend his IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles against mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 20.

    But the coronavirus could delay that bout and push back a hugely anticipated all-British fight with WBC champion Tyson Fury until next year at the earliest.

  • [Video] Proudly Nigerian, Anthony Joshua sells Pounded Yam, Egusi soup to Queen of England

    [Video] Proudly Nigerian, Anthony Joshua sells Pounded Yam, Egusi soup to Queen of England

    Positioning himself as a proud Nigerian, Anthony Joshua, British heavyweight boxing champion, on Monday promoted Nigeria’s values as he took centre stage on Commonwealth Day.

    The heavyweight world champion was invited to speak at Westminster Abbey at a service attended by the Queen.

    Espousing what he sees as the benefits of the Commonwealth, the 30-year-old boxer told the Queen of England, who was in attendance, about pounded yam and egusi — a food commonly eaten among Nigerian people.

    Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, his wife, were also in attendance in what appeared to be their final official appearance as senior royals.

    Joshua, who proudly represented his Nigerian background, also dissipated large parts of his speech to canvass for more unity among countries that make up the commonwealth.

    According to him, the commonwealth would grow when people are provided with opportunities based on their abilities without considering their background.

    “My name is Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua and like many of you here, I’m a child of the Commonwealth,” he said.

  • BREAKING: Tyson Fury to face Anthony Joshua after defeating Wilder

    BREAKING: Tyson Fury to face Anthony Joshua after defeating Wilder

    With Sunday’s rematch between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder already in the books, Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO has said heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will take on Fury in what is next.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Hearn vowed to make Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury happen in 2020, stressing he has already spoken to AJ, and that the heavyweight champion with Nigerian roots has expressed interest in the fight.

    Speaking to talkSPORT after Fury’s seventh round victory in Las Vegas, the Matchroom promoter stated: “I’ve already spoken to AJ and he wants to go into this fight next.

    “We have to make this fight happen. We will never, ever get the chance for two Brits to fight for an undisputed heavyweight world championship. I promise you we will do everything we can to make this fight. It has to happen.

    “We will never get this opportunity in this sport to do this again with two Brits. I’ve already spoken to AJ – he wants to go straight into this fight next. He loves the Tyson fight, he has has zero fear of fighting Tyson Fury.

    “He has been through everything already and he wants to be undisputed and this is the chance for our sport to have one of those legacy moments that we will never get the opportunity to have again”.

    Recall Tyson Fury was wearing ‘Nigeria’ gum shield in his fight against Deontay Wilder. The photo of it did the rounds on social media, leaving many perplexed.

    While some thought it was “a shout out to AJ”, others suggested perhaps Fury already has Joshua in mind.

    Even when former professional boxer Kofi Yates seem to warn Eddie Hearn against letting Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury fight happen, he responded, “Ofcourse I am! And AJ wants it bad..this fight is gonna and has to happen this year!”

    Even when Deontay Wilder has the option of a third fight against Tyson Fury, Eddie Hearn insisted Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury fight should happen instead.

    “No need for a third let’s go straight to it in the Summer,” Eddie Hearn tweeted.

  • Anthony Joshua gets hero’s welcome from Nigerian fans, display belts

    Anthony Joshua gets hero’s welcome from Nigerian fans, display belts

    World heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, on Friday, posed with some of his fans in Nigeria.

    In a tweet on Friday evening, Joshua posted pictures of himself flanked by fans, including children, who displayed some of his belts.

    In his tweet, Joshua wrote, “I hail o!” adding a proudly displayed emoji of the Nigerian flag.

    TheNewsGuru recalls that Joshua had on Tuesday, visited Sagamu – his home town, where he received a hero’s welcome.

    During the visit, he met with the Akarigbo of Remo and other traditional rulers.

    Joshua is a British boxer of Nigerian descent. He was born in Watford to a Nigerian mother, Yeta Odusanya, and a British father of Nigerian and Irish descent, Robert, in 1989.

    He made his debut alongside his cousin, Ben Illeyemi, who is also a professional boxer, in 2013.

    Joshua spent some of his early years in Nigeria and was a boarding school student at Mayflower School in Ikenne.

     

  • Anthony Joshua visits Afrika Shrine, prostrates to high priest Femi Kuti

    Anthony Joshua visits Afrika Shrine, prostrates to high priest Femi Kuti

    World boxing champion Anthony Joshua is enjoying his stay in Nigeria, with a visit Thursday night to the Afrika Shrine in Ikeja Lagos, where he was hosted by the high priest, Femi Kuti.

    Joshua was a humble champion all over again, as he prostrated to Femi, in the typical Yoruba tradition of greeting elders. Femi Kuti, successor to Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s afrobeats, is 57 years-old, while Joshua is 30 years old.

    Joshua also presented his four belts to Femi, with the singer unexpectedly wearing one of the belts on his neck.

     

  • JUST IN: World Heavyweight Champion, Anthony Joshua visits hometown, Sagamu

    JUST IN: World Heavyweight Champion, Anthony Joshua visits hometown, Sagamu

    World Heavyweight Boxing champion, Anthony Joshua arrived Sagamu, Ogun State on Wednesday to to a rapturous welcome from residents.

    Joshua had earlier enrolled for the National Identity Card in Abuja as captured by the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, on its twitter handle.

    The NIMC had displayed picture of Joshua enrolling for the National Identity Card and was issued a National Identity Number, NIN.

    But Joshua was in Sagamu on Wednesday and met with the Akarigbo and other chiefs around 1.15pm.

    Head, Anthony Joshua Supporters Club, Sagamu, popularly known as Mr Naira, was said to have confirmed Joshua’s presence in Sagamu.

    Joshua, had on 7 December, 2019 defeated Andy Ruiz Jr to reclaim his world heavyweight titles which he lost in June.

    Joshua won by unanimous decision as the three judges gave him the fight.

    Two cards have it 118-110, the other 119-109 – all three in are favour of Anthony Joshua. He is the heavyweight champion of the world once more!

    Joshua reclaimed WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight world titles in front of 15,000-capacity Diriyah Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

  • Arsenal battle Tottenham for Anthony Joshua’s next fight

    Arsenal and Tottenham have taken their rivalry to a new level with the two clubs now competing off the field to host Anthony Joshua’s next fight

    According to promoter Eddie Hearn, there are offers on the table from both sides to host Joshua’s summer fight with Kubrat Pulev at the Emirates Stadium or Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

    Reports also revealed that staff at the Emirates have been told they will have to work at a major event in the summer but it seems Tottenham are winning the race to host Joshua’s upcoming showdown.

    Hearn told the Mirror: “Terms are, I’d not say agreed, but we’re in a good position.

    “We have an agreement in principle for a June fight.

    “Spurs is our preference and now Arsenal have come in.

    “When you go to other countries, like in the Middle East, you have Saudi Arabia, they hear Abu Dhabi or Qatar are looking at a fight.

    “Well, now it’s like Spurs and Arsenal. It’s not been done before at Arsenal, but I don’t see why not.

    “If you want to establish yourself as a sports entertainment destination, it’s a pretty big coup to get this fight.

    “It’s the north London race for this fight. Tottenham is our preference, but we’re talking to Arsenal and they’ve come in and said, “How do we make this happen?”

    Tottenham’s £1billion state-of-the-art stadium opened in April 2019. The club have a 10-year partnership to host regular-season NFL games but are also keen on expanding their current agreements.

    However, Anthony Joshua will look to retain his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight belts when he takes on Bulgaria’s Pulev with the bout set to go ahead in June.

  • Joshua, Wilder in talks over heavyweight fight

    Anthony Joshua has said a “curveball” offer, could tempt Deontay Wilder into a dream undisputed heavyweight championship fight.

    Joshua, speaking to Sky Sports, also revealed he has held meetings to discuss how to set it up.

    WBC champion Wilder will face Tyson Fury in a rematch on February 22, while Joshua will defend his newly-regained IBF, WBA and WBO titles against either Kubrat Pulev or Oleksandr Usyk, whose representatives he met for negotiations last week.

    “We’ve had meetings. That same meeting with Usyk’s manager, afterwards we had another meeting to potentially put an offer in to solidify [a fight with Wilder] before they have even had their fight, and before I have my next fight.

    “Everyone wants Wilder to win because [a fight with me] is what everyone wants to see. Wilder has a great right hand, I have a great left hand. It is a great boxing match.

    “We had a meeting about that. It has great potential. I heard [Wilder and Fury] have a third fight lined up towards the end of the year but we have to throw a curveball in there.

    “Something that gets Wilder’s attention providing he wins so that he thinks to himself: ‘Even though I have a rematch clause, I’ll see how I can manipulate my contract, get out of it, and fight for the undisputed championship’,” Joshua said.