Tag: heavyweight champion
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TKO! Ngannou to undergo medical checkup after Anthony Joshua heavy bashing
Ex-UFC heavyweight champion, Francis Ngannou, has said he needs to undergo more medical checkups following a brutal Anthony Joshua knockout last weekend. Joshua floored Ngannou in the first round and early in the second. The former UFC champion never recovered and was clearly dazed when he returned to his feet the second time. It was…
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Joshua breaks down in tears, reacts to Usyk loss
Anthony Joshua broke down in tears at the post-fight press conference after losing his world-title challenge to Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia. Joshua, 32, was defeated by split-decision, having also lost to the Ukrainian on points in September.
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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…