Anthony Joshua
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Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua OBE (born 15 October 1989) is a British professional boxer. He is a two-time former unified world heavyweight champion, having held the World Boxing Association (WBA) (Super version), International Boxing Federation (IBF), and World Boxing Organization (WBO) titles twice between 2016 and 2021. He also held the International Boxing Organization (IBO) title twice during that reign. At regional level, he held the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles from 2015 to 2016.
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Born | Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua (1989-10-15) 15 October 1989 (age 34) Watford, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other names | AJ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight(s) | Heavyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reach | 82 in (208 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boxing record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total fights | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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As an amateur, Joshua represented England at the 2011 World Championships in the super-heavyweight division, winning a silver medal. He also represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics, winning gold. In 2014, a year after turning professional, he was named Prospect of the Year by The Ring magazine. In 2017, his victorious fight against Wladimir Klitschko was named Fight of the Year by The Ring and the Boxing Writers Association of America. Joshua is the second English boxer, after James DeGale, to win both a gold medal at the Olympics and a world title by a major professional sanctioning body, as well as the first English heavyweight to do so.