Three heavyweight boxers with Nigerian ancestry – Efe Ajagba, Daniel Dubois and Moses Itauma – have been ranked among the many high 10 in newest rankings by fashionable journal, The Ring, however Anthony Olaseni Oluwafemi Joshua drops out.
Sports247 gathered that, whereas Joshua falls outdoors the highest 10 bracket and Lawrence Okolie additionally fails to get a point out, Dubois lies excessive in fourth spot, Itauma is eighth and Ajagba ninth on the brand new playing cards.
The 28-year-old Dubois achieves fourth spot on the log, regardless of his knockout loss to Oleksandr Usyk of their July rematch, which noticed him lose the Worldwide Boxing Federation (IBF) belt.
On the opposite, Itauma, who is extremely rated as a 20-year-old British prodigy, breaks into the highest ten at eighth spot, forward of his January 24 struggle in Manchester in opposition to USA’s 32-year-old challenger, Jermaine Franklin.
A report by British tabloid, The Solar provides: “Efe Ajagba, 31, and Richard Torrez, 26, make up the new-look high ten.
“Joshua, 36, did return to the ring in December, knocking out YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, 28, in six rounds of their Miami mismatch on Netflix.
“But it surely was not sufficient to put him again within the Ring rankings; (whereas Tyson) Fury, 37, is ready to make one more comeback in 2026.
“(Their respective) promoters, Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren hope the pair will lastly settle their Battle of Britain subsequent 12 months.”
