Actress Lizzy Anjorin has agreed to a celebrity boxing match with rival Iyabo Ojo, years after show promoter Paulo Okoye first proposed the bout.<\/p>\n
Anjorin announced her decision in an Instagram post on Sunday, reigniting the long-running dispute between both actresses.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs at today, 3rd May 2026, I accept your challenge,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n
However, she introduced new conditions, insisting that Okoye must first face her husband, Lawal, in a 10-round boxing match before she steps into the ring with Ojo the following day.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou and Chief Lawal will fight 10 rounds non-stop in the ring. Then the next day, it will be me and Iyabo Ojo in the ring,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n
Anjorin also challenged Okoye and Ojo to publicly present proof of their assets and achievements, escalating the exchange of personal accusations that has characterised their feud.<\/p>\n
The dispute between Anjorin and Ojo has spanned several years, involving social media confrontations, legal tussles, and police petitions.<\/p>\n
Okoye initially floated the boxing proposal in 2024, attaching a N10 million prize for the winner.<\/p>\n
Tensions intensified in 2025 when Ojo filed a N1 billion defamation suit against Anjorin. Although the case was struck out on procedural grounds, Ojo indicated plans to pursue further legal action.<\/p>\n
Anjorin\u2019s acceptance comes amid a rise in celebrity boxing events in Nigeria. Street-pop artiste Portable recently lost to comedian Carter Efe at a celebrity fight event in Lagos.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actress Lizzy Anjorin has agreed to a celebrity boxing match with rival Iyabo Ojo, years after show promoter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,240930,82],"class_list":["post-649588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lizzy-anjorin","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}