{"id":684989,"date":"2026-07-10T21:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/684989\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T21:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:57:10","slug":"anthony-joshua-vs-moses-itauma-eyed-for-nigeria-after-tyson-fury-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/684989\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua vs Moses Itauma eyed for Nigeria after Tyson Fury showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Promoter Ezekiel Adamu hopes to stage an all-British showdown between Anthony Joshua and Moses Itauma in Nigeria next year.<\/p>\n

Balmoral Promotions chief Adamu recently invited Chris Eubank Jr over to Nigeria to discuss the possibility of him headlining there<\/a> in December, while Joshua and Itauma remain long-term targets.<\/p>\n

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Joshua fielded offers to fight in Nigeria last yearCredit: Mark Robinson\/Matchroom<\/p>\n

Joshua had fielded offers to compete in Nigeria before he was involved in a tragic car accident in December just outside Lagos<\/a>, which killed two of his close friends.<\/p>\n

Adamu also sat down with Frank Warren<\/a> after Itauma visited Nigeria last year. <\/p>\n

Both men come from Nigerian heritage, and according to Adamu, the pair have shown interest in boxing in the West African nation.<\/p>\n

Blockbuster British bout<\/p>\n

With the backing of the Nigerian government, Adamu believes he can tempt the pair into the ring together after AJ’s long-awaited clash with Tyson Fury<\/a> in late 2026.<\/p>\n

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“We made an offer for him [Joshua] to fight some time last year, but it hasn’t happened yet,” Adamu told PA.<\/p>\n

“I am 100 per cent certain at some point we will have Joshua fight here in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

“For us, I’ve always said it is never about perfection, it is always about momentum. <\/p>\n

“So, we keep going and hopefully get Chris to fight here in December, and we’ll push on from there.<\/p>\n

“We also have DAZN, which is our broadcaster, so things are falling in the right places.<\/p>\n

“I had a meeting with Frank Warren as well, and we spoke about it happening [with Itauma fighting in Nigeria].<\/p>\n

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Itauma’s promoter Warren has held talks with Adamu about boxing in Nigeria as well<\/p>\n

“He said, ‘Yes, it will happen at some point,’ and hopefully next year or some time. Moses is also keen to fight here.<\/p>\n

“Moses knows his roots, and he would like to fight here. Putting on an AJ v Moses fight here would be unreal to be honest with you and a major blockbuster.<\/p>\n

“That would be a hell of a blockbuster fight and probably a Netflix kind of fight, but yeah, it would be great to have that type of fight here.<\/p>\n

“The government is supporting what we’re doing, and we’ve got some big, powerful brands here.<\/p>\n

“The broadcasters are keen to have these type of things happen.<\/p>\n

“We’re speaking with DAZN and looking to build Africa as the next home of combat sports.”<\/p>\n

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Adamu worked with Queensberry Promotions last year to host fights for Lawrence Okolie<\/a> and Tony Yoka in Lagos.<\/p>\n

Read More on talkSPORT<\/p>\n

Balmoral Promotions’ next show will take place on July 31, with former world title challenger Liam Williams set to feature on the undercard. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Promoter Ezekiel Adamu hopes to stage an all-British showdown between Anthony Joshua and Moses Itauma in Nigeria next…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[6565,2560,6102,26599,14843,228480,19056,16171,8720,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-684989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-anthony-joshua","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-chris-eubank-jr","tag-dazn","tag-ezekiel-adamu","tag-frank-warren","tag-moses-itauma","tag-nigeria","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}