President Muhammadu Buhari has said that there is a lesson to be learnt from the Saturday’s title reclaim by heavyweight boxer, Anthony Joshua.
Joshua beat Andy Ruiz Jnr during the contest held in Saudi arabia.
According to the President, the victory is a lesson in perseverance and in not bowing to failure.
“The downfall of a man is truly not the end of his life. There’s always another, and better day. This is a lesson we must all learn from you as a country,” Buhari told the comeback world champion,” he said.
The President, in a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Sunday, rejoiced with Joshua, saluting him for bringing joy to millions of Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora.
He noted that Joshua’s supporters across the world had rooted for him to regain the titles he lost about six months ago.
He wished Anthony Joshua well ”as he seeks to bring more glory to Nigeria, and to the boxing profession”.
Joshua beat Andy Ruiz Jr on a unanimous points decision in Saudi Arabia to seize back the heavyweight world championship belts he lost to his Mexican-American opponent in a shock upset last June.
The ‘Clash on the Dunes’ in Diriyah was for the IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO titles, and judges scored the fight 118-110, 118-110 and 119-109 to the 30-year-old Briton.
