{"id":3419,"date":"2022-09-13T10:55:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T10:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/anthony-joshua-accepts-terms-for-heavyweight-fight-with-tyson-fury\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T10:55:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T10:55:01","slug":"anthony-joshua-accepts-terms-for-heavyweight-fight-with-tyson-fury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=3419","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua accepts terms for heavyweight fight with Tyson Fury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>Fighting for his ill son, Saudi\u2019s Mohammed Al-Mukhalis wins second world Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu title<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nJEDDAH: Saudi Arabia\u2019s Mohammed Al-Mukhalis has won the hearts of his compatriots after an emotional gold medal performance at the recent 2022 World Master International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation Championship that was dedicated to his ill son, Fahad.<\/p>\n<p>\nAl-Mukhalis, who won the IBJJF\u2019s world no-gi title in 2021 in Texas, competed in this year\u2019s Men\u2019s Master 2 Blue\/Light-Feather category at the Las Vegas Convention Center and won four matches to claim overall victory.<\/p>\n<p>\nA former employee at Aramco, he moved to Houston, Texas, to ensure medical treatment for Fahad who suffers from a congenital heart and lung deformity. After years of treatment at Saudi hospitals, the youngest of his three sons was transferred to one of the top hospitals in Houston to undergo a lifesaving lung transplant, with help from the Kingdom\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Saudi champion had previously revealed his son\u2019s suffering, and a tearful post-victory message received widespread sympathy and praise on social media sites, with calls pouring in for Fahad to have a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cToday, in jiu-jitsu\u2019s biggest gathering, no one has surpassed the Saudi flag, and no one raised their flag above my country\u2019s flag,\u201d he said in a short video clip posted on his Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThank you to the Saudi people, you have been my best supporters from the beginning until today,\u201d he said. Then he added a moving message to his son. \u201cYou promised me, Fahad, that you would not give in to the disease. Please, it is enough, Fahad, my son, do not die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\n\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0645\u062f\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0627\u0648\u0644\u0627 \u0648\u0627\u062e\u064a\u0631\u0627<br \/>\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0645\u062f\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0630\u064a \u0627\u0639\u0637\u0627\u0646\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0642\u062f\u0631\u0647 \u0644\u0627\u0645\u062b\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0645\u0644\u0643\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0629 \u062e\u064a\u0631 \u062a\u0645\u062b\u064a\u0644<br \/>\u0627\u0644\u064a\u0648\u0645 \u0641\u064a \u0644\u0627\u0633 \u0641\u064a\u063a\u0627\u0633 \u0644\u0627 \u0639\u0644\u0645 \u064a\u0639\u0644\u0648 \u0641\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0644\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Badermasaker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Badermasaker<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/F_BinHithleen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@F_BinHithleen<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%A2%D9%A0%D9%A2%D9%A2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0628\u0637\u0644_\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645_\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a_\u0662\u0660\u0662\u0662<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uq7n8wn2g5\">pic.twitter.com\/Uq7n8wn2g5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0622\u0644 \u0645\u062e\u0644\u0635 (@Mohamme26499292) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mohamme26499292\/status\/1566180623948980225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking to Arab News, he said his son continues to inspire him to victory.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cIn the past year and after obtaining the first world championship, many people thought that I would stop fighting but I had made a promise to Fahad to continue for the second year,\u201d Al-Mukhalis said. \u201cTherefore, for a whole year, I trained for four hours daily and I didn\u2019t give myself a break or any entertainment because I was afraid to fail in front of Fahad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cPraise be to Allah who gave me the ability to represent the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the best way.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI went to Las Vegas hoping to win the gold for my country and for my sick son, Fahad. I was very lucky to emerge in the first place and raise my country\u2019s flag.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nAl-Mukhalis said he was sad Fahad could not witness his gold-medal win because he was quite sick. Normally the youngster would cheer him from the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cMy son is my biggest fan and my coach too. He is always by my side while I train and it is a blessing, especially since it is only us here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nWith his wife and two older sons in the Kingdom, Al-Mukhalis carries Fahad\u2019s oxygen cylinder on his shoulder when they head for treatment ahead of the transplant surgery.<\/p>\n<p>\nAl-Mukhalis spends his free time training on the jiu-jitsu mat.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI wanted to show that hard work is the key to getting things done, not wishing or dreaming. Today after getting the world championship for the second year in a row I go back to start over because the dream is to reach the sky,\u201d Al-Mukhalis said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2161566\/sport\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fighting for his ill son, Saudi\u2019s Mohammed Al-Mukhalis wins second world Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu title JEDDAH: Saudi&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anthony Joshua accepts terms for heavyweight fight with Tyson Fury - 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