Anthony Joshua can then offer a comeback fight in Nigeria. Boxing News
Anthony Joshua was able to offer a comeback fight in Nigeria early next year.
Last September, Joshua lost his IBF World Heavyweight Title fight to Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium.
He had to recover from his injury after that, but the former world champion is currently looking for options to return to the sport.
His team has seen Ghana as a potential location for Joshua’s next contest, but offers also appear to be set to host the battle in Nigeria.
Promoter Dr. Ezekiel Adam recently collaborated with Amir Khan to host a boxing event in Lagos. “It was an incredible success,” Adam said. Sky Sports News. “A new opening for African boxing.
“The reception was amazing from the locals, the boxing world and the government.”
Adamu is eager to see AJ fight in Nigeria. “We had a preliminary conversation and we’ll continue,” he said. “I’m watching Q1 next year.
“We all know that AJ always says he wants to fight in Africa before the end of his career, and we believe Nigeria is actually the best story.
“Nigeria has the highest population in Africa, with around 250 million. Nigeria is the economic capital of Africa as a whole. The list goes on. I believe that it is actually poised to make it happen.”
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Congolese heavyweight Martin Bacoll is Joshua’s former sparring partner. After losing to Joseph Parker in a short time and drawing with Effe Ajagba, Bakol is eager to a big fight.
He volunteered for his services to face Joshua.
“I’m going to fight Anthony Joshua on Heartbeat. We’re both African fighters and now we’re watching boxing come back to Africa,” Bacall said. Sky Sports.
“Anthony Joshua doesn’t want to fight me. He knows what happened in sparring. When he gets to the ring, he knocks him out. No doubt.
“I knock him out in Nigeria in front of his own crowd. This is a fight to make. And we need to make it in Africa. It will be a turmoil in Jungle II.”
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Adamu said, “He’s an option. There are many options that are being thrown at us for this particular fight, but yes – Martin Bakole is here.
“We have so many options and we believe we can come up with something really exciting that will excite the whole world and bring in Nigeria clearly the right excitement for Africa, especially Nigeria.”
