{"id":26888,"date":"2025-08-21T05:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/amir-khan-promotes-boxing-in-nigeria-glanton-vs-fielding-in-lagos\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T05:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:42:09","slug":"amir-khan-promotes-boxing-in-nigeria-glanton-vs-fielding-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/boxing\/amir-khan-promotes-boxing-in-nigeria-glanton-vs-fielding-in-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Amir Khan Promotes Boxing in Nigeria: Glanton vs Fielding in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0818%2Fr1533488_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nAmir Khan, former super-lightweight world champion, embarks on a new adventure in the boxing world. On this occasion, Khan is promoting a boxing card that will be held in Nigeria in October.\n\nThe main event of the night will pit cruiserweights Brandon Glanton and Rocky Fielding against each other in Lagos.\n\nKhan, who retired from professional boxing in 2022 after his defeat to Kell Brook, has ventured into fight promotion.\n\nI am excited to bring world-class boxing and the world&#8217;s attention to Nigeria for the first time.\n\nThe event, which goes beyond the fights, seeks to inspire a new generation and showcase the talent of Nigerian boxers alongside international stars.\n\nKhan, after promoting a fight card in Ghana in June, expects the event in Lagos to be even bigger and more successful.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It&#8217;s going to be a great weekend for everyone. It&#8217;s going to be a great show. Brandon Glanton against Rocky Fielding&#8230; obviously we know that Brandon lost against Chris Billam-Smith and Rocky has been out of the ring [since 2022]. I think it&#8217;s a great fight.<\/p><cite>Amir Khan<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe Glanton vs. Fielding fight, scheduled for Nigeria&#8217;s Independence Day, October 1st, headlines the first major boxing card to be held in the country.\n\nKhan sees great potential in Africa as a market for boxing.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We are putting Africa on the map. In Ghana, we had a fantastic, fantastic show there.<\/p><cite>Amir Khan<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nBritish light heavyweight Dan Azeez (21-2-1, 13 KOs), with Nigerian roots, will seek to return to the path of victory on the card.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Fighting in Nigeria on Independence Day is a dream come true. This is for my heritage, my people, and my pride. I am ready to put on a show and honor Nigeria with every punch I throw.<\/p><cite>Dan Azeez<\/cite><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amir Khan, former super-lightweight world champion, embarks on a new adventure in the boxing world. On this occasion, Khan is promoting a boxing card that will be held in Nigeria in October. The main event of the night will pit cruiserweights Brandon Glanton and Rocky Fielding against each other in Lagos. Khan, who retired from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[7545,205,7546,7547],"class_list":{"0":"post-26888","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-amir-khan","9":"tag-boxing","10":"tag-lakes","11":"tag-nigeria"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}