While Joe Boy has since established himself as the best boxer in the lightweight category, Real One has also shown that he is not far off which has made a fight between the two fighters a subject of discussions among Nigerian boxing fans for two years. 

GOTV Boxing Night which will return to Lagos for its 19th edition on Sunday, July 14 did not have the anticipated fight on the bill but that didn't stop the two boxers from almost coming to blows at the press conference to announce the upcoming fight night. 

The tension happened after Real One mentioned Joe Boy’s name while the former was responding to a jibe from his GOTV Boxing Night 19 opponent Hammed ‘Ese Hammed’ Ganiyu during their faceoff. 

Joe Boy flew out his seat in rage before they had to be pulled apart.

This is not the first time the two rivals have had a public confrontation. They clashed at the press conference ahead of GOTV Boxing Night 18 and also the fight night when Real One jumped on the ring to taunt Joe Boy. 

Although the fight is not on the bill, GOTV Boxing Night 19 promises to be an exciting night of boxing with other top fights. 

Rilwan “Babyface” Babatunde of Nigeria and Daniel Lartey of Ghana will headline GOTV Boxing Night 19 with an international welterweight challenge duel. 

The event will also feature six domestic bouts potentially explosive bouts, one of which will see Joe Boy face Tope ‘Berinja’ Agboola in a national challenge duel. 

The event will equally see former ABU featherweight title champion, Waidi ‘Skoro’ Usman, return to action when he faces Taiwo ‘Esepo’ Agbaje in a national challenge contest. Another featherweight challenge clash will see Kazeem ‘The Light’ Oliwo square up to Tope ‘TP Rock’ Musa.

In the light welterweight division, Akeem ‘Sugar Boy’ Olaiwola will face Waheed ‘Showmax’ Shogbamu, while Adeyemi ‘Spirit’ Adekanla will take on Isaac ‘I Star’ Chukwudi.

The best boxer at the event will go home with a cash prize of N1million alongside the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Trophy.

GOtv Boxing Night 19 will be beamed live on Africa’s biggest sports channel, SuperSport, in 47 African countries.