George Floyd: Anthony Joshua joins protest, compares racism to COVID-19

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George Floyd: Anthony Joshua joins protest, compares racism to COVID-19
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World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua told a Black Lives Matter march on Saturday that protesters were the

“The virus I am referring to is called racism,” he said, comparing its effects to the damage done by COVID-19.

Worldwide protests under the banner of Black Lives Matter took place Saturday in response to the death of George Floyd, a black American man who died in Minneapolis last month while being arrested by police officers. “Killing a person outright is unforgivable, but stripping them of their human rights, oppressing them, mocking them, insulting them, placing glass ceilings above them… is just a slower way of killing them and taking the life out of their soul.”

Joshua, the reigning WBA, IBF and WBO title-holder, felt a “slight twinge” in his left knee in a training session earlier this week.“Anthony felt a slight twinge in his knee whilst training,” the spokesperson said.

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