{"id":1769,"date":"2024-01-17T11:00:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\/?p=1769"},"modified":"2024-01-16T09:29:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T09:29:04","slug":"joshua-to-face-ngannou-in-riyadh-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/boxing\/joshua-to-face-ngannou-in-riyadh-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Former world heavyweight champion, Joshua, is set to face Ngannou in Riyadh in March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong><em>24hscore news<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On March 8th in Saudi Arabia, Anthony Joshua (34) is set to face former mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Francis Ngannou (37). Joshua, a former heavyweight world champion, aims to continue his comeback after an impressive fifth-round stoppage of Otto Wallin last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ngannou, originally from Cameroon, made his professional boxing debut in October, delivering a knockdown to WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury before narrowly losing in a decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two fighters will engage in a press conference in London later on Monday. Both Joshua&#8217;s recent victory over Wallin and Ngannou&#8217;s unexpected performance against Fury occurred in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, highlighting the country&#8217;s emergence as a preferred destination for major boxing events offering substantial purses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In another significant bout, Tyson Fury is scheduled to face Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh on February 17th, aiming to determine the first undisputed heavyweight champion since 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi Arabia has invested billions in hosting various sporting events, including the 2034 World Cup, the LIV Golf circuit, a Formula One Grand Prix, and football&#8217;s Club World Cup. Despite these endeavors, the country has faced criticism for alleged &#8220;sportswashing,&#8221; using sports to enhance its global image amid concerns about its human rights and environmental practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24hscore news On March 8th in Saudi Arabia, Anthony Joshua (34) is set to face former mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Francis Ngannou (37). Joshua, a former heavyweight world champion, aims to continue his comeback after an impressive fifth-round stoppage of Otto Wallin last month. Ngannou, originally from Cameroon, made his professional boxing debut in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":1770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","rank_math_description":"On March 8th in Saudi Arabia, Anthony Joshua (34) is set to face former mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Francis Ngannou (37). ","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[206,733,731,732],"class_list":["post-1769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-combat-sports","tag-joshua-anthony","tag-ngannou-francis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}