Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn has disclosed the British-Nigerian’s staggering payday for the clash vs Deontay Wilder in Saudi Arabia this December. When Skills Challenge Promotions first disclosed their interest in staging Joshua vs Wilder over in Saudi Arabia they promised that all parties involved would receive a ‘premium price’ for their services. For Joshua that ‘premium price’ will be …

A group – Family United By Sports (FUBS) – has paid the N600,000 outstanding hospital bill to ensure the release of the corpse of former Olympic boxer, Jerry Okorodudu, who died on Wednesday night. The death of sixty-four-year-old Okorodudu, who had been battling a foot ulcer, was confirmed by his wife, Adenike. The hospital in Ikorodu area of Lagos State …

Anthony Joshua took the opportunity to send a message to Jarrell Miller’s mother when their fight collapsed in 2019. The division’s unified king at the time was due to defend his three belts against the hometown challenger at Madison Square Garden in New York on 1st June, but ultimately ended up facing Andy Ruiz instead as Miller failed three drugs …

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Deontay Wilder was arrested in Los Angeles, United States early Tuesday for possession of a concealed weapon, police said. The Los Angeles Police Department said Wilder was detained in the early hours of Tuesday after being stopped by police while driving his Rolls Royce car in Hollywood. He was subsequently booked on suspicion of carrying …

Former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has said that a potential fight with Deontay Wilder is ‘95 per cent done’ on his side and could take place in December if the deal goes through. Talks are ongoing over a proposed ‘tournament’ in Saudi Arabia which could also involve Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk fight on the same card. Joshua claimed his …

Rapper Drake has reportedly won $2.7 million after placing a $400,000 bet on Israel Adesanya to win by knockout against Alex Pereira at UFC 287. This victory marks an end to Adesanya’s 0-3 losing streak against Pereira. Rapper Drake believes Israel Adesanya, ‘The Last Stylebender’ will get his revenge against Alex Pereira. Drake is not new to betting and has …

A spectacular second-round knockout was all Israel Adesanya needed to defeat his long-time nemesis Alex Pereira and exorcise a demon. On Sunday, on his fourth attempt, Adesanya, fondly known as The Last Stylebender, finally got his win over Pereira, and in stunning fashion with a knockout at minute 4:21 of Round 2. At the end of the fight, Adesanya said …

Nigerian-born Briton, Anthony Joshua said he should have knocked out Jermaine Franklin after the former world heavyweight champion returned to winning ways with a unanimous if laboured, points-decision victory in London on Saturday. After 12 rounds, Joshua, fighting in front of a home crowd at the 02 Arena, was given the win by 118-111, 117-111, and 117-111 on the scorecards …

Anthony Joshua has said that he will retire from boxing if American boxer Jermaine Franklin defeat him. The upcoming heavyweight boxing match between the duo is scheduled to hold on Saturday, 1st April, at the O2 Arena in Greenwich, London. Joshua, a two-time former unified world heavyweight champion, was earlier scheduled to fight Tyson Fury in a bout but it …

Anthony Joshua has admitted he is “out of the championship title race” as he plans his next step in the heavyweight division. “AJ” last fought in August, suffering a second straight decision loss to Oleksandr Usyk while failing to regain the WBA, WBO, IBF, and IBO titles. Joshua was then offered a shot at the WBC belt by Tyson Fury, …