Anthony Joshua, MBE (born 15 October 1989) is a British professional boxer. He is the current WBC International, Commonwealth and British heavyweight champion.[2][3][4] As an amateur he won a gold medal in the super heavyweight division at the 2012 Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships. Joshua is currently ranked #10 at heavyweight by The Ring, and currently boasts a 100% knockout ratio. [5]

Early life:
Joshua was born in Watford to a Nigerian mother and an English father of Nigerian and Irish descent.[6] He attended school at Kings Langley Secondary School.[7][8]

Amateur career:
A late starter in the sport, Joshua only began boxing in 2007, aged 18, when his cousin suggested he take it up. His club, Finchley ABC in Barnet, North London, is also home to professional heavyweight Dereck Chisora. Joshua won the 2009 and 2010 Haringey Box Cup. Joshua won the senior ABA Championships in 2010, in only his 18th bout, and later turned down £50,000 to turn professional. "Turning down that £50,000 was easy. I didn't take up the sport for money, I want to win medals." He also went on to win the same tournament the following year. In 2010 his domestic success earned him a place on the GB Boxing team and later the same year he became British amateur champion at the GB Amateur Boxing Championships after defeating Amin Isa. In June 2011 at the 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships he beat Eric Berechlin and Cathal McMonagle but was stopped by aggressive Romanian southpaw Mihai Nistor after receiving several standing counts.[9] In October 2011 he was named Amateur Boxer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Club of Great Britain.

2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships
During the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, Joshua marked his sudden arrival on the world scene when he beat Italian reigning World & Olympic champion Roberto Cammarelle, and went on to stop Erik Pfeifer of Germany in the semis before losing by a single point to local boxer, Magomedrasul Majidov winning a silver medal. En route to the final, Joshua secured his place at the 2012 Olympic Games in the 91 kg+ division as a relative new-comer to the elite level of the sport.


Amateur highlights

• 2009 as a Super Heavyweight. Results were:
o Lost to Dillian Whyte (United Kingdom) UD-3

• 2010 won the ABA National Championships 91 kg+ in Bethnal Green, London as a Super Heavyweight. Results were:
o Defeated Chris Duff (United Kingdom) WO
o Defeated Simon Hadden (United Kingdom) WO
o Defeated Dominic Winrow (Isle of Man) RSC-1

• 2010 won the Haringey International Tournament in Haringey, London as a Super Heavyweight. Results were:
o Defeated Otto Wallin (Sweden) PTS

• 2011 won the ABA National Championships 91 kg+ in Colchester, Essex as a Super Heavyweight. Results were:
o Defeated Fayz Aboadi Abbas (United Kingdom) PTS (24-15)

• 2011 came 7th in the 39th European Amateur Boxing Championships 91 kg+ in Ankara, Turkey as a Super Heavyweight. Results were:
o Defeated Eric Brechlin (Germany) PTS (23-16)
o Defeated Cathal McMonagle (Ireland) PTS (22-10)
o Lost to Mihai Nistor (Romania) RSCH-3

• 2011 came 2nd in the 16th 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships 91 kg+ in Baku, Azerbaijan as a Super Heavyweight. Results were:
o Defeated Tariq Abdul-Haqq (Trinidad and Tobago) RSCI-3
o Defeated Juan Isidro Hiracheta (Mexico) RET-1
o Defeated Mohamed Arjaoui (Morocco) PTS (16-7)
o Defeated Roberto Cammarelle (Italy) PTS (15-13)
o Defeated Erik Pfeiffer (Germany) RSCI-1
o Lost to Magomedrasul Medzhidov (Azerbaijan) PTS (22-21)

• 2012 Super Heavyweight Olympic Gold Medalist as a member of Team GB. His results were:
o Defeated Erislandy Savon (Cuba) PTS (17-16)
o Defeated Zhang Zhilei (China) PTS (15:11)
o Defeated Ivan Dychko (Kazakhstan) PTS (13-11)
o Defeated Roberto Cammarelle (Italy) PTS (+18-18)

2012 Olympics Games
Joshua went into the 2012 London Olympics as a novice on the international scene, despite being a world silver medalist. He received a tough draw in the last 16 of the super heavyweight event, in Cuban Erislandy Savon, ranked #4 in the world by AIBA and nephew of the three time Olympic champion, Felix Savon. The home boxer battled through three tough rounds in his opening contest before being given the result 17:16. This decision caused some controversy with most observers believing Savon had clearly won the bout[10][11] whilst a few others taking the view that he had won on merit.[12] In his next bout he fought 2008 Beijing Olympics silver medalist, Zhilei Zhang dropping his taller opponent in the middle round, Joshua won by 15:11 guaranteeing at least a bronze medal. In the semi-final Joshua met Kazakhstan boxer, Ivan Dychko, but despite Joshua's height disadvantage he won by 13:11 victory gaining a place in the Olympic final. Joshua met 32-year-old reigning Olympic Champion and former twice World Champion, Roberto Cammarelle of Italy in the closing bout. After conceding the first round to Cammarelle, a man he had already beaten the previous year, Joshua grew into the fight and fought back to level the scores after the third round, Joshua was announced winner via count-back and the new Olympic champion.[13] The final decision was criticized by some boxing experts, being defined as a "home decision".

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to boxing.
Professional career

On 11 July 2013 it was confirmed that Joshua had turned professional under the Matchroom Sport promotional banner. Joshua made his professional debut on 5 October 2013 at the O2 Arena in London in the Main-Event of a card featuring Scott Quigg's successful WBA super-bantamweight title defence against Yoandris Salinas, beating Italian Emanuelue Leo by a TKO in the first round.

Joshua's second professional fight was against English Heavyweight Paul Butlin at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield on 26 October 2013. The bout was stopped in the 2nd round when the referee decided Butlin was taking too much punishment and declared Joshua the winner by TKO.

Joshua's third professional fight was on the Prizefighter Series card against Croatian, Hrvoje Kisciek, on 14 November 2013. Joshua got a TKO victory in the second round, achieving his third knockout victory in a row.[citation needed]

On 1 February 2014 on the undercard of Lee Selby against Rendall Munroe, Joshua scored a 2nd round TKO victory over Dorian Darch to take his record to 4-0.[citation needed]

On 1 March 2014 on the undercard of Ricky Burns against Terence Crawford, Joshua defeated Hector Alfredo Avila with a 1st round KO, in Glasgow, Scotland.[citation needed]

On 31 May 2014, Joshua knocked out Matt Legg in one round on the undercard of Carl Froch against George Groves in Wembley Stadium.[citation needed]

In Joshua's seventh professional fight, on 12 July 2014, in the Echo Arena, Liverpool, he defeated Englishman Matt Skelton via 2nd round stoppage.[citation needed]

In Anthony Joshua's eight professional fight, on 13 September 2014, against German Heavyweight Konstantin Airich, Joshua took his undefeated record to 8-0 with a 3rd round stoppage victory, in the Manchester Arena.
Joshua was in the Main-Event of a Matchroom Sport card for the second time in his career, in his 9th professional appearance against Denis Bakhtov on 11 October 2014 at The O2 Arena in London, for the WBC International Heavyweight Title. Joshua won the fight by knockout in the second round taking his record to 9-0.[19]

In his 10th professional bout, Joshua defeated Michael Sprott within the 1st round to extend his record to 10 wins all by stoppage. He was supposed to face American boxer Kevin Johnson on 31 January 2015 at The O2 Arena in London, but the bout was cancelled after Joshua sustained a back injury.[20] On 4 April 2015, Joshua beat Jason Gavern as he collected a third-round knockout in his return to the ring in Newcastle. On 9 May 2015, in his 12th professional bout, Joshua defeated Raphael Zumbano Love in a second round knockout in Birmingham.
On 30 May 2015, Joshua defeated Kevin Johnson inflicting the first stoppage in Johnson's career. After Johnson was saved by the bell in the first round the fight was stopped by the referee shortly after the beginning of the second round.[21]
On 12 September 2015, Joshua won the vacant Commonwealth Heavyweight title by stopping Gary Cornish in the first round at the O2 Arena. Cornish had been unbeaten in his previous 21 fights.[22]

Joshua fought Dillian Whyte for the vacant British Heavyweight title on 12 December 2015, whilst also defending his Commonwealth Heavyweight title for the first time. The two had previously fought within the amateur rankings in 2009 where Whyte had won. Joshua won by a knockout in the seventh round, making it the furthest distance Joshua has gone in a professional fight to date.


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Great

MKO4ever:
Great

this really great to have a Nigerian blood in the heavy weight also to know that he worked with the Klisckos for a some times

15 TKO THATS NO beans you know

tyson Fury ... here we bring your match

Photo : Getty Images) Anthony Joshua- Embraced By Wladimir Klitschko

when you train with a champ you too become a champion

birth name Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua

becomes title challenger to the furiouse Tyson Fury

He is not Nigerian-born but British born with Nigerian parents

More 'knocking out' to your profile

Proudly Biafran!

more belts to you waist ... Hope he claims Nigerian nationality before we begin pouring accolade on another lost talent.

Nigerians are funny people. See them shouting proudly biafran. Dey don give the guy a Nigerian name. If it was a crime that was committed now, the name checkers association members will be on full alert. The dad is not a Nigerian, period.

Olaseni ko, Owolabi ni

no be nigerian born na

Last Days niqqa ain't 9ja born

Correct

Why would you say Nigerian born, and then on the profile it says born in Watford United Kingdom. Watford dey nigeria ??

He already fought for Britain in the commonwealth and is regarded as a future British heavyweight champion.

ikbnice:
more belts to you waist ... Hope he claims Nigerian nationality before we begin pouring accolade on another lost talent.

go go go our man. more power to ur fist and don't forget to knock out more teeth from their mouth

that's my brother Oluwafemi #AJBoxing 15/15/15 and still counting

Very impressive

Nice. Those arms are not a joking matter

attention: lalasticlala and whomever moved this topic to the front page.



Anthony Joshua is not Nigerian-born, he was born at Watford in the UK to a Nigerian Mother and a British-Nigerian Father. He grew up in the UK.

The title should Anthony Joshua the British Heavyweight Boxing Champion of Nigerian descent(ancestry).

If this guys hammer person blow,na die o,one bag of cement

Ordinary taju wey dey train boxing for my area,people dey fear am,ordinary feather weight

blazetitov:
Nigerians are funny people. See them shouting proudly biafran. Dey don give the guy a Nigerian name. If it was a crime that was committed now, the name checkers association members will be on full alert. The dad is not a Nigerian, period.

Olaseni ko, Owolabi ni

His dad is f**kin Nigerian, in fact 100% Nigerian. it's just like saying Davido isn't Nigerian cos he has US passport, forget Wikipedia, I know him too well

a nigga that aint even claiming nigeria....its only is name that is nigerian....dis guy is fully british..no b every thing we go dey claim

KpStone:

lol.

Hope he doesn't go the way of Samuel Peters.

U for try edit am small nau after u copy am from wikipedia.
Do that next tym.