9th March, 2024
By Taiwo Okanlawon
Popular media personality Oladotun Ojuolape Kayode, popularly known as Do2tun, has claimed that many Nigerians didn’t believe Nigerian-British boxer, Anthony Joshua was going to defeat Francis Ngannou, in their boxing bout.
Joshua knocked out the former former Franco-Cameroonian UFC heavyweight champion in the second round of the bout in Saudi Arabia on Saturday morning..
Nigerians thronged to social media to celebrate Joshua’s victory over Ngannou with the Federal Government also sending a congratulatory message to him via social media.
However, reacting via his X handle, Do2tun insisted that most Nigerians didn’t support Joshua initially.
He wrote, “Be honest, so many Nigerians didn’t believe Anthony would win this fight. I did. I said to my friends, ‘Boxing is technical & just cos Francis knocked out Fury who I still think hasn’t fought a good contender doesn’t mean he will beat Anthony.’ We need to do better.”
Be honest, so many Nigerians didn’t believe Anthony would win this fight. I did. I said to my friends, “Boxing is technical & just cos Francis knocked out Fury who i still think haven’t fought a good contender doesn’t mean he will beat Anthony” we need to do better #JoshuaNgannou pic.twitter.com/ecootwrhaq
— Do2dtun Energy gAD (@iamDo2dtun) March 9, 2024
Some Nigerians need to apologize to @anthonyjoshua
Trust me! You are all aligning now cos he won. Most of you condemned this guy #JoshuaNgannou
— Do2dtun Energy gAD (@iamDo2dtun) March 9, 2024
Sharing a screenshot of his tweet on his Instagram page, Do2tun opined that Anthony Joshua was right not to have mentioned Nigeria in his victory speech where he acknowledged Britain, Cameroon and Saudi Arabia.
The OAP wrote, “Success has a lot of family members.
“Failure is an orphan. Such is life but I’ll rather choose one with my full chest.
Let’s stay one place. He [Anthony Joshua] didn’t shout us out but do we truly deserve it?
“Tonnes even bet against him.. chai Naija for show.”