President John Dramani Mahama has affirmed that he has energized British heavyweight winner Anthony Joshua to serve as an minister for boxing in Africa.
Joshua, a two-time world winner of Nigerian plunge, paid a affability visit to the Celebration House on Monday after going to the “Battle of the Beasts” boxing occasion at the Bukom Boxing Field final Saturday. The occasion was co-produced by previous British welterweight winner Amir Khan and Bequest Rise.
President Mahama communicated trust that Joshua’s inclusion might rouse youthful boxing abilities over the continent.
“I told him [Anthony Joshua] he will be our envoy. It needs individuals like him to offer assistance alter the lives of youthful individuals, and so we wish him to be an envoy for boxing in Africa and take that as one of the causes that he champions. After him, there will be a wave of boxers who will too make Africa glad and alter the social orders from which they come,” Mahama said.
“You are an symbol exceptionally much cherished in Ghana,” he added.
The assembly was gone to by Sports Minister Kofi Adams, Ghanaian boxing legend Azumah Nelson, and Sharaf Mahama, CEO of Bequest Rise Sports.
Anthony Joshua is anticipated to return to the ring afterward this year, with potential matchups against American heavyweight Jared Anderson or the rising British-Nigerian prospect Moses Itauma.