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October 29, 2017
Joshua earned 20th TKO of his career, to surpass Mike Tyson’s record
Boxing fans across Nigeria and around the world have hailed Nigerian-born Briton, Anthony Oluwafemi Joshua, for boosting the country’s global image by retaining his heavy-weight title belts on Saturday night.
Joshua successfully retained his World Boxing Association (WBA) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) titles over Cameroonian-born, Frenchman Carlos Takam on Saturday night.
Joshua achieved the feat via a 10th-round Technical Knockout (TKO) over his opponent at the Municipality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.
The fans, who blamed referee Phil Edwards for controversially stopping the bout in the 10th round noted that Joshua had brought global attention to his country of birth, Nigeria just as his naturalised country, England.
Jossy Nkwuda, former boxing coach with the Ebonyi Sports Council, noted that Joshua had successfully stepped into the shoes of boxing greats such as Muhammed Ali, Joe Fraizer, the Klitshckho brothers, among others.
“It is rare to see a boxer retaining two heavyweight boxing belts in modern times as we pray that Johsua sustains the momentum longer than Ali and the Klitsckho brothers.
“This feat shows that Nigeria is blessed with abundant talents who can project its image with adequate human and material management, dedication among others,” he said.
“Joshua, with the feat, earned the 20th TKO of his career thereby surpassing Mike Tyson’s record of 19th TKO and one behind legendary Frank Bruno on 21st.
NAN