Boxing King Anthony Joshua’s visit to Sagamu hometown excites kinsmen, residents
Penushing further reports that, Joshua known for his humility also took time to appreciate the residents, as he was seen returning their cheering with smiles and waving at them in acknowledgement of their love for him.
The British professional boxer, it is recalled on January met with President Mohammed Buhari in London who travelled to the country to participate in the inaugural UK-Africa Investment Summit holding, and prostrated before the President to appreciate him in a Yoruba culture, and attribute regarded as Omoluwabi culture.
Penpushing also reports that Joshua, born 15 October 1989 is a British professional boxer. a two-time unified heavyweight champion, having held the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO titles since December 2019 and previously between 2016 and June 2019.
The renowned boxer, at regional level, held the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles from 2014 to 2016, represented England at the 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships as an amateur in the super-heavyweight division, winning a silver medal.
Penpushing reports that, he also represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics, winning gold, while in 2014, a year after turning professional, he was named Prospect of the Year by The Ring magazine, and in 2017, his victorious fight against Wladimir Klitschko was named Fight of the Year by The Ring and the Boxing Writers Association of America.
The Nigerian born boxer is the second British boxer, after James DeGale, to win both a gold medal at the Olympics and a world title by a major professional sanctioning body, as well as the first British heavyweight to do so.
Penpushing further reports that,as of December 2019, Joshua is ranked as the world’s best active heavyweight by BoxRec[2] and third by The Ring magazine and Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, as well as the eighth best active boxer, pound for pound, by BoxRec.
