Dominic Breazeale has made it clear he will seek a unification fight with Anthony Joshua if he manages to overcome WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder on Saturday night. IBF, WBA and WBO champion AJ has been looking to unify the…
Anthony Joshua backs Deontay Wilder to beat Dominic Breazeale (Metro)
Anthony Joshua expects Deontay Wilder to beat Dominic Breazeale, but is hoping his rival heavyweight champion fails to stop the challenger quicker than he did. Breazeale took on Joshua in 2016, but was knocked out in the seventh round in…
*Lagos Assembly laments rift at Lagos Polytechnic (Leadership)*Lagos tackles gridlock with layby, slip road (Nation)
Lagos Assembly laments rift at Lagos Polytechnic (Leadership) The Majority Leader of Lagos State House of Assembly Hon. Sanai Agunbiade on Tuesday stated that the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) had been embroiled in crisis which had paralyzed academic activities. Speaking…
Anthony Joshua may ban Drake from dressing room on fight night with Andy Ruiz Jr (Metro)
Anthony Joshua is considering banning Drake from his dressing room on his next fight night for fear the rapper’s sporting ‘curse’ might strike. Drake has developed a knack for jinxing sports stars, with the legend saying if you take a…
Joshua warns Fury, Wilder over fight delays (Punch)
Anthony Joshua has warned Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury they risk facing a better version of him if frustrating fight negotiations drag on. Unified world heavyweight champion Joshua faces Andy Ruiz Jr on June 1. The 29-year-old says the bout…
Anthony Joshua vows to batter Andy Ruiz Jr if he continues trash talk (Metro)
Anthony Joshua warned Andy Ruiz Jr not to provoke him after his opponent labelled him a ‘big robot’ ahead of their fight in June. Ruiz Jr aimed the dig at Joshua after it was confirmed the Mexican heavyweight would replace…
Anthony Joshua promises another knockout against Andy Ruiz Jr (Metro)
Anthony Joshua vowed to knock out Andy Ruiz Jr after it was confirmed the heavyweight would step in as a replacement for Jarrell Miller. Ruiz Jr takes on the three-belt world champion on four week’s notice, with Joshua preparing to…
Anthony Joshua to fight Andy Ruiz Jr at Madison Square Garden on 1 June (Metro)
Andy Ruiz Jr. will step in as a replacement to fight Anthony Joshua at Madison Square Garden, it has been confirmed. The Mexican heavyweight, 29, replaces Jarrell Miller after the American tested positive for three different banned substances and was…
*NAPLWD demands full implementation of Lagos disability law (Leadership)* Tackle poverty among disabled persons, NAPWPD urges Sanwo-Olu (Punch)
NAPLWD demands full implementation of Lagos disability law (Leadership) Nine years after the signing into law, Special Peoples Law 2010, members of the National Association of Persons Living With Disabilities, (NAPLWD), Lagos Chapter yesterday demanded for full implementation of the…
Andy Ruiz Jr set to be named as Anthony Joshua opponent for New York bout (BBC)
Unified world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is set to face American Andy Ruiz Jr in New York on 1 June. Joshua, 29, was due to face Jarrell Miller at Madison Square Garden but the American failed drug tests, forcing him…