New WBA and IBF Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is very impressed with the viewing party that held in Sagamu for his fight against Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday, April 29.
Joshua defeated Klitschko with a knockout in the 11th round to take his record to 19 wins in 19 fights.
For that huge fight, there was a huge viewing party at Sagamu, the ancestral home of the 27-year-old British boxer.
playA viewing party held in Sagamu for Anthony Joshua's fight (Kwese Sports)
Although born in Watford, the boxer has a Nigerian mother Yeta and a British father of Nigerian and Irish descent.
In Shagamu, the youth association organised a viewing party which was attended by hundreds of people.
According to Kwese Sports, the crowd at the viewing party cheered every blow by their ‘son’ Joshua and celebrated wildly when he won the bout.
Joshua in a short BBC Documentary ‘The Road to Klitschko’ Joshua was so impressed when they showed him a video of people celebrating his win in Sagamu.
“Oh its Nigeria, oh my God, that’s what I‘m saying,” he said before adding “that’s that pounded yam, it’s a Nigerian food I eat, makes me strong.”
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