He has successfully represented britain at the olympics commonwealth games and several other international sporting events.

Anthony joshua biography book. Anthony joshua anthony oluwafemi olaseni joshua british professional boxer was born 15 october 1989 in the united kingdom but spent part of his childhood growing up in his ancestral homeland of nigeria before returning to the uk aged 12 to attend secondary school in watford. More than an olympic gold medallist and a world heavyweight champion something no british fighter has ever achieved lennox lewis won gold for canada aj as he is generally nicknamed is a genuinely nice guy. Anthony joshua biography date of birth family early life education and career anthony joshua was born on the 15th of october 1989 at watford hertfordshire england. At regional level he held the british and commonwealth heavyweight titles from 2015 to 2016.

King of the world by frank worrall isbn. It took getting through half the book to get into talking more about anthony joshua whilst the first part was more of a guide to boxing itself. As an amateur he stunned all observers claiming a silver medal in the world championships in azerbaijan. 9781786065421 from amazon s book store.

Anthony joshua anthony oluwafemi olaseni joshua british professional boxer was born 15 october 1989 in the united kingdom but spent part of his childhood growing up in his ancestral homeland of nigeria before returning to the uk aged 12 to attend secondary school in watford. He is of a mixed ancestry as his father is of irish and nigerian ancestry while his mother is fully nigerian. When 18 year old anthony joshua first stepped into a north london gym in 2008 nobody could have imagined the meteoric rise to superstardom. Then a spectacular victory in front of a home crowd at london 2012 saw him claim olympic gold.

Initially a footballer and athlete joshua entered the boxing bandwagon only in his late teens. Anthony oluwafemi olaseni joshua obe born 15 october 1989 is a british professional boxer who is a two time unified heavyweight champion having held the wba super ibf wbo and ibo titles since december 2019 and previously between 2016 and june 2019. On the night of 29 april 2017 at wembley stadium anthony joshua knocked down and defeated the ukraine s former world heavyweight champion vladimir klitschko. King of the ring.

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