Ghana-based Joshua Wahab set to fight on Usyk vs. Fury undercard in Riyadh
Power-punching Accra-based Nigerian boxer, Joshua Seunzy Wahab, who trains at the Charles Quartey Boxing Gym, has secured the most significant fight of his career, attracting millions of potential satellite TV viewers.
The 26-year-old, who has lived and trained in Ghana for the past eight years, has been given a dream opportunity to compete for the WBC lightweight silver title in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, May 18th, 2024, against a fast-rising and undefeated English boxer.
Wahab is set to face British lightweight title contender John Mark Chamberlain in what promises to be an explosive bout preceding the highly anticipated main event between Alexander Usyk and Tyson Fury.
“It’s been a tough journey for me, but I have been praying and training all my life for a moment like this. By God’s grace, the time has come, and I am fully ready for the biggest challenge of my career,” said Wahab.
The West African boxer has been training intensely in Accra in preparation for the global boxing event.
Meanwhile, all eyes will be on the main event of the night when heavyweight champions Tyson Fury and Alexander Usyk vie for supremacy.
The two heavyweight titans will battle it out for all four belts on May 18th, after their original February date was postponed due to a cut Fury sustained in one of his final sparring sessions.
The Charles Quartey Boxing Foundation head trainer and his team left Accra Kotoka International Airport on Saturday to catch up with their boxer Wahab Oluwaseun who is already on his way to Saudi Arabia for the WBC Silver Lightweight title fight against Mark Chamberlain of Britain on May 18th which is on the undercard of Tyson fury & Oleksandr Usyk show.We wish him all the best.
From Rolland Akwasi Agyapong