Boxer anthony joshua was born in watford hertfordshire on 15th october 1989.

Anthony joshua facts. Other than the obvious juggernauts like mohammed ali and mike tyson few had captivated and dominated the heavyweight division of boxing like joshua. Anthony joshua used to be a brickie before he was knocking the blocks off of giant ukranians joshua earned a wage on construction sites. Before he became a champion boxer he used to work as a bricklayer. Anthony oluwafemi olaseni joshua is a british professional boxer and a unified world heavyweight champion.

Joshua is of yoruba descent. It was his boxer cousin ben lleyemi that eventually convinced him to put down the bricks and put on the gloves. His mother is nigerian and his father is nigerian and irish. Initially a footballer and athlete joshua entered the boxing bandwagon only in his late teens.

While studying in school he was very good in athletics especially soccer. He took up boxing on the suggestion of his cousin. He has successfully represented britain at the olympics commonwealth games and several other international sporting events. He was born on 15th october 1989 by a nigerian mother and has a tattoo of map of africa on his upper right arm.

His full name is anthony oluwafemi olaseni joshua. At regional level he held the british and commonwealth heavyweight titles from 2015 to 2016. Anthony oluwafemi olaseni joshua born 15 october 1989 or aj as he is fondly called is an english professional boxer and currently a two time unified heavyweight world champion. His parents are of irish and nigerian ancestry.

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. Joshua s nigerian roots for part of his childhood joshua lived in africa with his parents. While living in nigeria joshua went to a. He is 30 years old and is a member of the libra zodiac sign.

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