Sports ministry congratulates Joshua

The Ministry of  Youth and Sports Development  has  congratulated Nigerian- born British  Heavyweight World  champion  Anthony Joshua on   his  victory over Bulgarian  Kubrat  Pulev on Saturday night in London.

According  to a statement from the Ministry,” We team up with other Nigerians to salute  Anthony  Joshua on his victory  over Pulev.  The courage, tenacity and die hard spirit you  displayed against Puyev is an attestation  of your hardwork, commitment  and discipline which has kept you at the top. Once again, you not only made us proud, but proved  to the world that you are the best in the Heavyweight  class.We urge you not to relent in sustaining your  pole position in world boxing. Keep soaring, we are indeed  very proud of you. We encourage you to maintain  the tempo so that  you can remain at the  top.”

Joshua knocked  out Pulev in the ninth round to retain his WBO, WBA and IBF titles as the undisputed world   champion.