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My Take
Anthony Joshua interests me as much for his temperament as for his record. Heavyweight boxing rewards bravado, yet Joshua built his brand on discipline and courtesy: a 198-centimeter giant who praises opponents after defeats and rebuilds without excuses. Becoming a two-time unified champion is remarkable; doing it while remaining the sport's most marketable gentleman is rarer still. His setbacks revealed character that his knockout wins never could, because he absorbed humiliation publicly and returned sharper. Whatever the final ledger says, I rate him as the fighter who proved British boxing could produce a global superstar without manufacturing a villain.
Overview
Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni "AJ" Joshua (born 15 October 1989) is a British professional boxer. He held the unified heavyweight championship twice between 2017 and 2021. He also held the International Boxing Organization (IBO) title during his reigns as champion. At regional level, he held the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles from 2015 to 2016.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Anthony Joshua
- Name (Japanese)
- アンソニー・ジョシュア
- Reading
- あんそにー・じょしゅあ
- Born
- October 15, 1989 (age 36)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Snake
- Origin
- Watford, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 198 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- boxer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2013 Member of the Order of the British Empire
- WBO World Heavyweight Champion
- WBO World Heavyweight Champion
- IBF World Heavyweight Champion
- IBF World Heavyweight Champion
- WBA World Heavyweight Champion
- WBA World Heavyweight Champion
- IBO World Heavyweight Champion
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.