Anthony Joshua v Kubrat Pulev at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 20th

[Spicoli]

Had to change Baals thread title when stickied weeks ago but nothing came of it. Post massive fight night not uncommon to have multi threads with same fighter but different topics I suppose but rbr much cleaner kept to one. I remember Mick merging or deleting more than a few without even sending me a thanks . Can't beat an active boxing board and push for lesser fights going under the radar.

The negotiations and haggling for this fight will have lasted longer than the actual fight itself . Interested to see how Joshua approaches Pulev and can see him cutting him up for win and let's all hope he and Fury get it sorted quick.

[Beanz]

Should be a simple nights work for AJ.


Should be.

[Master]

Anthony Joshua meets the Queen after giving inspiring speech during Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey

Anthony Joshua met the Queen of England as he spoke in front of the Royal Family during a service to celebrate Commonwealth Day on Monday.

Britain’s unified heavyweight world champion, who proudly also represents his Nigerian background, was chosen to give a reflection at Westminster Abbey.

His speech touched on a number of issues, with an emphasis on unity around the Commonwealth.

Joshua began: “My name is Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua and, like many of you here, I’m a child of the Commonwealth.



“I was born in Watford and my heritage is Nigerian. I come from the Yoruba people, who are the largest and some might say the loudest ethnic group in all of Africa.

“I’m proudly Nigerian and proudly British…

“These days we hear so much about division and difference that some might be tempted to see that as a bad thing.

“But on the contrary, it’s a beautiful thing.

“A thing to be celebrated and cherished, and a great source of peace and stability.

“I feel opportunity should be there for the taking along with hard work, dedication and perseverance, regardless of one’s background.

“We need to strive harder collectively in order to create unity.

“It takes a village to raise a child. And in the same vein it takes a whole community to act and stand together to tackle some of the challenges we are confronted with today.”

He concluded: “So here’s to fish and chips, egusi soup and pounded yam.

“To the UK and Nigeria, and the children of the Commonwealth.”

After the speech, Joshua briefly met and spoke one-to-one with the Queen.

It was his first time meeting the monarch as his previously-awarded MBE and OBEs had been presented to him by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.

https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/6...hua-the-queen/