Tag: boxing
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Joshua vs Wilder: Boxing promoters plot titanic heavyweight clash in 2023
British boxer of Nigerian descent Anthony Joshua and American boxer Deontay Wilder could be squaring up against each other in the ring come 2023 as a potential bout between the two boxing greats is being discussed. Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, has confirmed that talks for a potential bout with Deontay Wilder are back on, adding…
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Top 5 boxers Nigeria has ever produced
Boxing is one of the most popular sports in the world, featuring 17 weight categories and around 20,000 active professional boxers. It’s a respected sport among Nigerians, and we admit, however painfully, that many of us eagerly anticipated our dear Anthony Joshua to trump Usyk and get his much-needed revenge.
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After downing Anthony Joshua, Usyk reveals who to fight next
Oleksandr Usyk threw down a challenge to Britain’s Tyson Fury on Sunday to come out of retirement and fight him for the undisputed world heavyweight boxing title.
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Usyk defeats Joshua again to retain heavyweight titles
Oleksandr Usyk defeated Nigeria/British boxer Anthony Joshua on Saturday night in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to retain his title. Joshua gave a good account of himsef but met a stiffer opposition in Oleksandr Usyk Both fighters held up the blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag as the judges’ scores were read out at King Abdullah Sport City…
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I don’t want to retire, says Anthony Joshua
Nigerian/British heavyweight boxer, Anthony Joshua has refuted speculation he will quit boxing if he loses to Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday night in their rematch. Joshua, who will be hoping to reclaim his WBA, WBO, and IBF belts he lost to the unified heavyweight champion last September in London, insists that he will carry on…
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Ex-African heavyweight champion, Ekwelum down with cancer
Ngozika Ekwelum, a former African Boxing Union (ABU) Heavyweight Champion is down with health challenges suspected to be prostate cancer. Ekwuelum told NAN that he had been in and out of hospital, including the three months he spent at the cancer department of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu since the ailment developed…
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Daddy Showkey blast boxing promoters who brought Floyd Mayweather to Nigeria
Veteran Nigerian artiste Daddy Showkey, has blasted boxing promoters that brought Floyd Mayweather into the country. Daddy showkey accused boxing promoters of shunning their own people who have been trying to revive the sport in the country but imported a foreign boxer into the country
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IGP promotes WBF Champion to corporal
The promotion was as a reward for her latest achievement as a World Champion
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Nigerian Police Constable wins WBF World Super Bantamweight title belt
Abbey defeated United Kingdom’s Laura Pain, on her soil, at City Coast Centre in Portslade, East Sussex, London on Friday.February 18, 2022
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How broken teeth made me quit boxing- Larry Gaaga
Popular artiste and music producer, Larry Ndianefo a.k.a Larry Gaaga has recounted how broken teeth made him quit boxing. The ‘Egedege’ crooner noted that he has had two silver teeth since 2005. I have had this since 2005/2006. I used to do boxing and karate and one small boy finished my denture but that was…