{"id":59383,"date":"2023-04-19T15:51:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T15:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/19\/joseph-agbeko-announces-change-of-name\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T15:51:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T15:51:55","slug":"joseph-agbeko-announces-change-of-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/19\/joseph-agbeko-announces-change-of-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Agbeko announces change of name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"415\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Joseph-Agbeko.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Joseph Agbeko\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Two-time world Champion, Joseph \u2018King Kong\u2019 Agbeko, says he wants to be addressed as Togbe Kalitor II.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am no more Joseph Agbeko,\u201d he said in a yet-to-be-televised Prime Take interview on\u00a0<strong>JoyNews<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Agbeko, who held the IBF bantamweight title twice between 2007 and 2011, believes the name and brand Joseph Agbeko impacted society and that should be \u2018treated as a legacy.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the brand Joseph Agbeko has done it all,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a fighter, I gave my all to make my people happy and proud so I want Joseph Agbeko to be treated as my legacy and I want to live to see the legacy of Joseph King Kong Agbeko.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, from now onwards, I will like to tell the general public to address me by the name, Togbe Kalitor II, I am no more Joseph Agbeko,\u201d the 2007 world champion stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogbe Kalitor II is my title and that is the new me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Agbeko dethroned Luis Alberto Perez to become the new IBF bantamweight titleholder in 2007, before defending it in December 2008.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lakeside Village celebrates Joseph \u201cKingkong\u201d Agbeko in style<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nana Addo to look into D.K. Poison\u2019s case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He also held the Commonwealth bantamweight title from 2004 to 2006; the IBO bantamweight title in 2013; and challenged once for a super bantamweight world title against Abner Marez in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Take airs on the JoyNews Channel every Friday at 7:10 am and Sundays at 9 PM.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"NsMlmUwkYRQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Disqualification Allegatons: Sunyani West Contituencies members plead for FEC intervention(19-04-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NsMlmUwkYRQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-time world Champion, Joseph \u2018King Kong\u2019 Agbeko, says he wants to be addressed as Togbe Kalitor II. \u201cI am no more Joseph Agbeko,\u201d he said in a yet-to-be-televised Prime Take interview on\u00a0JoyNews. 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