World Boxing Heavyweight Champion, Anthony Joshua, has shown the world that he never forgot his Yoruba heritage after he went all flat to greet the president.

The champ met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retd.), in London today.

Buhari had a meeting with Nigerians in the diaspora as part of activities while in the UK for the US Africa Summit organised by Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM)

The boxer was received by the Chairman and CEO of NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa.

I gladly receive Antony Joshua as he arrives to meet ?@MBuhari? pic.twitter.com/EiE8MW7KCZ

— Abike Dabiri-Erewa (@abikedabiri) January 18, 2020

Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua's mother is Nigerian, while his father is of Nigerian and Irish ancestry. Joshua's Nigerian background can be specifically traced back to the Yoruba people of Ogun State.

According the the Yoruba tradition, a true son of the soil is expected to prostrate before his elders as a sign of respect.

Whether Joshua is regarded as a British boxer or not, he has just displayed that he his still the son of the Yoruba land.

See more photos below:

Another great outing with ?@MBuhari? and Nigerians in https://t.co/NJbKhJm80n part of activities of PMB while in UK for the US Africa summit put together by ??@nidcom_gov? pic.twitter.com/dmPJI9F8Kx

— Abike Dabiri-Erewa (@abikedabiri) January 18, 2020