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Reports earlier stated that Mayweather was expected to visit Nigeria from June 12 - June 14, 2017 as he was billed to lock horns with speaker of the Nigerian House of Representative Yakubu Dogara in a charity exhibition bout.
The American boxer has confirmed the news that the tour will be postponed to a later date.
He posted on his twitter account: "Motherland Africa, Nigeria & Ghana, my Undefeated Africa Tour has been pushed to the fall @RnBAllStarsEnt @ONEbrentTMT 4 more event info."
A member of the organising committee told reporters "He is not coming. The tour to Nigeria and Ghana has been postponed".Motherland Africa, Nigeria & Ghana, my Undefeated Africa Tour has been pushed to the fall @RnBAllStarsEnt @ONEbrentTMT 4 more event info.— Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) 12 June 2017
Recall that boxing legend Evander Holyfield visited Lagos recently where he was billed to engage APC chieftain Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in a charity contest tagged 'Rhumbles in Lagos', but the former Lagos state governor failed to show up.
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