{"id":18708,"date":"2019-12-10T15:55:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T15:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=18708"},"modified":"2019-12-10T15:55:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T15:55:53","slug":"anthony-joshua-considering-nigeria-as-future-bout-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/anthony-joshua-considering-nigeria-as-future-bout-location","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua considering Nigeria as future bout location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em;color: #000000;font-family: 'Yahoo Sans';font-size: 17px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;background-color: #ffffff\" data-reactid=\"31\">Anthony Joshua has expressed his desire to defend his heavyweight titles in Nigeria after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uk.sports.yahoo.com\/news\/anthony-joshua-regains-world-heavyweight-titles-after-ruiz-rematch-221235090.html\">reclaiming his world champion status<\/a>\u00a0in his rematch against Andy Ruiz Jr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"32\">Since his victory over Ruiz, offers have flooded in for the Briton to stage future fights in numerous locations across the globe. Africa is amongst those to show interest in hosting Joshua, and the 30-year-old is keen to connect with his roots in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"33\">A fight in his parents\u2019 home country would be the first world championship heavyweight fight outside of South Africa since Muhammad Ali and George Foreman participated in the \u2018Rumble in the Jungle\u2019 in Zaire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"34\">\u201cPeople were telling me I should go back [to Nigeria] for ages,\u201d Joshua told reporters. \u201cIt was crazy because they don\u2019t have 24-hour electricity but they still know me and support me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"55\">AJ told Pulse FM earlier in the year that he is \u201cmassively into Nigerian culture\u201d which showed as he opted for the song \u2018Water Get No Enemy\u2019 by Nigerian legend Fela Kuti during his ring-walk on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Joshua has expressed his desire to defend his heavyweight titles in Nigeria after\u00a0reclaiming his world champion status\u00a0in his rematch against Andy Ruiz Jr. Since his victory over Ruiz, offers have flooded in for the Briton to stage future fights in numerous locations across the globe. 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