{"id":609217,"date":"2019-04-21T05:17:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T05:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Boxing News of Saturday, 20 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Primenewsghana.com<\/p>\n2019-04-20\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/618"},"modified":"2019-04-21T05:17:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T05:17:35","slug":"i-would-be-a-world-champion-again-joseph-agbeko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/21\/i-would-be-a-world-champion-again-joseph-agbeko\/","title":{"rendered":"I would be a world champion again \u2013 Joseph Agbeko"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Boxing News of Saturday, 20 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Primenewsghana.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-20<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/61825408.295.jpg\" alt=\"Agbeko Wins\" title=\"Agbeko Wins\" width=\"295\" height=\"195\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former world champion, Joseph Agbeko<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Joseph \u201cFresh King\u201d Agbeko, former International Boxing Federation (IBF) Bantamweight world champion, has vowed to reclaim a world title, by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning World Boxing Organisation (WBO) African Bantamweight champion, Agbeko would defend his title against Tanzania\u2019s Shabani Hashimu Zeberi on Good Friday, April 19, in Keta, in the Volta Region.<\/p>\n<p>Agbeko, currently ranked number two in the WBO Africa Bantamweight rankings, in an interview with the GNA Sports said, he was confident that victory in the bout would improve his rank and propel to him to bid for a world title by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinning this fight would put me at the number one spot, which would give me a shot at the world championship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would be fighting a young boxer, so I would have to be smart. He is capable of causing havoc but I know how to handle him. It would not be easy, but know I would win either by knockout or by points.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year old boxer said, he was aware of his opponent\u2019s energy level, because of his youthful nature and therefore had prepared well to outwit him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boxing News of Saturday, 20 April 2019 Source: Primenewsghana.com 2019-04-20 Former world champion, Joseph Agbeko Joseph \u201cFresh King\u201d Agbeko, former International Boxing Federation (IBF) Bantamweight world champion, has vowed to reclaim a world title, by the end of the year. The reigning World Boxing Organisation (WBO) African Bantamweight champion, Agbeko would defend his title against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":609218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-609217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I would be a world champion again \u2013 Joseph Agbeko - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/21\/i-would-be-a-world-champion-again-joseph-agbeko\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"I would be a world champion again \u2013 Joseph Agbeko - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Boxing News of Saturday, 20 April 2019 Source: Primenewsghana.com 2019-04-20 Former world champion, Joseph Agbeko Joseph \u201cFresh King\u201d Agbeko, former International Boxing Federation (IBF) Bantamweight world champion, has vowed to reclaim a world title, by the end of the year. 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