Then a spectacular victory in front of a home crowd at london 2012 saw him claim olympic gold.

Anthony joshua biography book. 9781786065421 from amazon s book store. King of the world by frank worrall isbn. 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. 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.

When 18 year old anthony joshua first stepped into a north london gym in 2008 nobody could have imagined the meteoric rise to superstardom. As an amateur he stunned all observers claiming a silver medal in the world championships in azerbaijan. 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. 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.

Initially a footballer and athlete joshua entered the boxing bandwagon only in his late teens. He is of a mixed ancestry as his father is of irish and nigerian ancestry while his mother is fully nigerian. King of the ring. Anthony oluwafemi olaseni joshua is a british professional boxer and a unified world heavyweight champion.

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. A good book that can become greater over time if there are follow ups as we are still only into the early stages of aj s career. 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. The pictorial biography tells the story of one of the most talented british boxers ever to step into a ring.

At regional level he held the british and commonwealth heavyweight titles from 2015 to 2016.

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