Anthony Joshua Has Passed His Prime

It is clear Anthony Joshua has long past his prime, assuming there was ever a “prime.” This Nigerian kid has long enjoyed “soft” pugilistic contests designed to make him some kind of Britain’s standard-bearer in boxing. Good packaging by the Hearn father-son team. Then enters Saudi Arabia’s sportwashing scheme desiring gullible pugilist closet Mohs, preferably black-skinned, to project to the world as the next Mohammed Ali; him A. Joshua, a closet Moh, fits the bill. And thus, after getting knocked down in the US by Fat Andy, Saudi Arabia paid him Fat Andy to not compete much at the re-match. But O. Usyk was having none of that and beat Joshua black-and-blue. The Saudis have propelled Joshua ever since to the summit of contenders, albeit pretenders. The Saudis will have it that Usyk whips T.

Fury so Joshua can snatch championships from Usyk but D. Dubois and the Wembley venue changed all that. Thus? Joshua can’t fight honest fight in England because the Saudis parlay petro-dollars to smoothen fights for him at Saudiland. Fury, beware. The Saudis don’t fancy Fury because he is promoter of Easter Passion, literally carrying a cross and inviting mankind to reflect on the essence of the Redeemer.

Sunday Adole Jonah,

Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State