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The Man Cried : ofI’ll be a fighter for life, Joshua insists
They say it takes a strong man to cry and Anthony Joshua proved them right as he covered his eyes and wept with the emotion of having fought like a warrior king yet failed to regain his crown.
The morning was close to breaking but so was his heart.
Joshua had not seen him like this before. Not even in previous defeats. This one, on a split decision, proved to be the most despairing. Because he had worked so hard to prepare and then come so close.
Tossing into the crowd the belts which Oleksandr Usyk had spirited away from him in September and now kept through some adversity here was out of character.
It was a poignant moment and there were dry throats in an audience of sometimes cynical critics as he explained his reaction to this loss.
Usyk’s revelation that Joshua had been on the brink of lunging into bare-knuckle slugging with some of his team was another surprise.
The Ukrainian made light of it, saying: “I advised him against it. My men are some of the toughest street fighters in the world.”
AJ made amends by extolling Usyk, leading the packed crowd in the arena in three hip-hip hoorays for his nemesis.
“It was the passion running over, after all, I’d put into weeks of training,,” said Joshua.
So can he bring himself to go through it all again? Is the potential for disappointment included?
“I’ll be back in the ring come November or December,” he said — dispelling speculation that at 33 in October and after 10 years of combat he would retire.
“I’ll be a fighter for life,” he said. “Understand that fighters are not normal people. We live for this.”
So who could possibly be next after Usyk, the best boxer on the planet?
“Come one, come all,” Joshua proclaimed. “One fight this year, three more in 2023. Then I truly believe I will become a three-time world heavyweight champion.”
That ambition was the subplot to his burning desire to end Usyk’s unbeaten reign. But there would be no parting of the Red Sea through which Joshua might charge to the immortality which the gods of the ring confer upon the previous few all-time multiple winners of boxing’s holy grail.
The Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, has passed away at the age of 91.
The respected monarch reportedly died on Sunday, just hours after the announcement of the death of his longtime friend and former President, Muhammadu Buhari.
Mourning his passage, a prince of Ijebu, Prince Adedoyin Alatishe wrote on X, “Baami Ogbagba agbatewole , Erin wo. Omo anikilaya saagbu.”
Adetona, who ascended the throne in 1960, was one of Nigeria’s longest-reigning traditional rulers and widely revered for his contributions to the sociopolitical development of Ijebuland and Ogun State at large.
Former president muhammadu Buhari has died at a hospital in London this afternoon according to the family, He was former military head of state in 1983.
The family of the former president has announced the passing on of the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, this afternoon in a clinic in London. May Allah accept him in Aljannatul Firdaus, Amin.”
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Breaking : Tinubu returns to Abuja tonight after diplomatic visits to Saint Lucia, Brazil,Says Onanuga
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to arrive Abuja later tonight following a two-nation diplomatic tour that took him to Saint Lucia in the Caribbean and Brazil in South America.
His return was confirmed in a message posted on Saturday afternoon by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, on his verified X handle, @aonanuga1956.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu returns to Abuja today after his two-nation visit to Saint Lucia and Brazil,” the presidential aide stated.
The President departed Nigeria on Saturday, June 28 for what was described as a strategic outreach aimed at strengthening ties with regions historically under-engaged in Nigeria’s diplomatic matrix.
His first stop was Saint Lucia, where he made a historic visit to build new ties and explore emerging partnerships with Caribbean states.
While in Saint Lucia, Tinubu interacted with regional leaders under the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), reinforcing Nigeria’s growing interest in Caribbean diplomacy and South-South cooperation.
He subsequently proceeded to Brazil to participate in the 17th BRICS Summit held in Rio de Janeiro.
On the sidelines of the summit, President Tinubu held a bilateral meeting with his Brazilian counterpart, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The leaders co-chaired the Nigeria-Brazil high-level bilateral meeting , where they discussed mechanisms to boost trade, infrastructure financing, and cultural cooperation between Africa’s most populous country and Latin America’s largest economy.
With the President’s return, focus is expected to shift to domestic engagements and follow-up actions on the diplomatic and investment commitments made during his foreign tour.
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