Bassey and Joshua:The first and current world boxing champions both Nigerian-British

Hogan Bassey is the first Nigerian descent to become the  world boxing champion in 1957. He was born in 1932 and died 1998 at 65yrs old.

While Anthony Joshua is the current world heavy weight champion on 7th, December,2019.

Although,Bassey and Joshua are from Nigeria but they both fight for Britain.