Tuesday, 2 May 2017
World heavyweight champion, Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua, 27, who
defeated Ukrainian giant Wladimir Klitschko in an epic 11 round battle
at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, will be honoured for his heroics in Ogun State, Nigeria where his parents were born.
The British boxer was born to a Nigerian mother and a British father of Nigerian and Irish descent.
According
to ESPN, the Sagamu International Stadium in Ogun State will be renamed
'The Anthony Joshua Stadium' whilst Cinema Street will also be named
'Anthony Joshua Street' by the Ogun State government.
It
was also reported that Joshua’s family own around half of the land and
property on one side of the street and the cinema was built by his
great-grandfather Omo-Oba Daniel Adebambo Joshua in the 50s.
Majority
Leader of Ogun State House of Assembly, Asiwaju Adeyinka Mafe was
quoted to have said: 'We are proud of what he has achieved as a son of
Sagamu, and we will be happy to do our own little bit to show our
appreciation and support for him.'
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