We have all witnessed so many boxing icons in the history of boxing and another is already threading the path to becoming one himself by twice earning the Unified heavyweight champion. He is none other than Anthony Joshua.
Anthony Joshua has gradually risen to the top of the boxing world through consistent performances which have earned him a plethora of titles.
Through this article, we will explore his background, his success evolution and finally, Anthony Joshua net worth.
Anthony Joshua Profile
- Net Worth: $80 million
- Full Name: Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua, MBE
- Age: 31 (15th Oct 1989)
- Nationality: British
- Occupation: Professional boxer
- Gender: Male
- Education: Kings Langley Secondary School
- Marital status: Single
- Years Active: 2011- till date
Anthony Joshua Age
Anthony, although of a Nigerian-Irish origin, is a British by birth. He was born in 15th October 1989 in Watford, Hertfordshire.
However, most of AJ developmental years were in Nigeria, undergoing his secondary education in Lagos State. Unfortunately for him, his parents Yeta and Robert Joshua got divorced when he was 12.
Anthony Joshua Education
Anthony Joshua grew up in Nigeria and was a boarding student at Mayflower School in Ikenne. Immediately after his parents’ divorce, he went back to United kingdom where he completed his high school education at Kings Langley Secondary School.
During his school years he was classified as a good athlete and football player. Femi as his teachers know him as, set a remarkable record of completing a Year Nine 100 m record with a time record of 11.6 seconds.
Anthony Joshua Career
In 2007, AJ started off as a bricklayer before being convinced by his cousin to venture into boxing. Anthony Joshua was able to join a boxing club known as the Finchley ABC in Barnet located at North London.
This boxing club also produced another professional boxer known as Derek Chisora. Two years after joining this club he won Haringey Box Cup two times, one in 2009 and another in 2010.
In the 2010, Joshua won the senior ABA Championships. It was later revealed to the public that AJ turned down a £50,000 to turn professional. He expressed that the reasons he did so was that he is into boxing for medals not for money.
In 2010, Joshua became a British amateur champion at the GB Championships after knocking out Amin Isa. In 2011 during the European Championships, Anthony Joshua knocked out Eric Berechlin and Cathal McMonagle. However, he was knocked out by Mihai Nistor a Romanian southpaw.
AJ also completed in the 2011 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. This was Anthony’s long needed opportunity which he took advantage of, as he knocked out an Italian reigning world and Olympic champion Roberto Cammarelle.
After defeating Reberto he proceeded to fight Erik Pfeifer of Germany in the semi-finals which he unfortunately lost to a to local boxer Magomedrasul Majidov by a single point. Although he lost to Majidov, he still got a silver medal.
In 2012, Joshua took part in the 2012 London Olympics and also took part in the 2012 Olympic Games in the super-heavyweight division.
During the Olympics games Joshua knocked out Erislandy Savón (Cuba) with 17-16, he also did the same to Zhang Zhilei (China) 15:11, Ivan Dychko (Kazakhstan) 13-11 and Roberto Cammarelle (Italy).
In 2013, Anthony Joshua was honoured with the title of being Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) during the 2013 New Year Honours for services to boxing.
In July 2013, Anthony Joshua was officially announced as a professional boxer. His first pro fight was on the 5th of Oct 2013 at the O2 Arena in London. After being announced as a professional boxer, AJ has fought a lot of boxers such as Italian Emanuele, Paul Butlin, Hrvoje Kišiček, all using a Technical Knockout(TKO).
In 2015, Anthony competed for the Commonwealth heavyweight champion against the undefeated Scottish boxer Gary Cornish. He defeated Cornish and emerged as the winner.
In 2015, Anthony also competed for the British heavyweight champion against a former competitor Dillian Whyte. Anthony was able to knock him and repair the scar of defeat he got during his early career years.
The fight between Anthony and Whyte had a lot of veiws and part from that got him about £3 million and extra five-year deal with Matchroom .
In 2016, Anthony Joshua competed for the IBF heavyweight champion against IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin. He defeated Martin who was just won the title lost it to AJ on his first defence.
In 2017, Anthony defended his IBF heavyweight champion against Eric Molina. Anthony won the fight and was able to keep his title.
AJ also had a fight between himself and Wladimir Klitschko for Unified heavyweight championship. After the long waited match, Anthony defeated Wladimir Klitschko and became a Unified heavyweight champion.
After Anthony’s fight with Wladimir Klitschko, Anthony has fought with other worthy boxers such as Carlos Takam, Joseph Parker, Alexander Povetkin and Andy Ruiz Jr.
Anthony Joshua Relationship
Anthony is currently single but was involved with a dance tutor Nicole Osbourne. In 2015, he fathered a son named Joseph Joshua a.k.a “JJ”.
Anthony Joshua Achievement
- Anthony Joshua has had amazing record of 24 fights, 23 wins, 21 wins by KO and 1 lose.
- In 2010, Anthony Joshua won a gold medal at the Great Britain Championships in Liverpool as the super heavyweight champion.
- In 2010, he also won a gold medal at the 2010 ABA Championships in London as the super heavyweight champion.
- In 2011, AJ won a gold medal at the 2011 ABA Championships in Colchester as the super heavyweight champion.
- In 2011, Anthony Joshua won a sliver medal at the 2011 World Championships at Baku as a super heavyweight champion.
- In 2012, Anthony Joshua won a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London as a super heavyweight champion.
- In 2013, Anthony Joshua was honoured with the title of being Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) during the 2013 New Year Honours for services to boxing.
- In 2014 and 2016, Anthony secured the British and Commonwealth title at regional levels.
- In 2016, he received the WBA (Super) title. In 2017, he also received a IBO title and in March 2018 he received the WBO.
Anthony Joshua Net Worth
Anthony Joshua net worth is estimated around $80 million.
