Anthony Joshua

Anthony Joshua

From Olympic glory to becoming a two-time heavyweight world champion, AJ's once glittering career hit a road block in the form of Oleksandr Usyk.

Anthony Joshua is a former two-time unified heavyweight champion of the world who held WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO world titles before losing to Oleksandr Usyk in 2021.

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"AJ" reigned initially as heavyweight champion between 2016 to June 2019 before he was memorably stopped by Ruiz Jr in New York in one of the biggest boxing shocks of the decade.

However, the Watford man bounced back from the Madison Square Garden defeat, the first of his professional career, to put on a boxing clinic against the same opponent in Saudi Arabia at the end of 2019.

He made one successful defence, defeating Kubrat Pulev inside nine rounds in December 2020, his only fight of the year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
However, his reign was short-lived as Usyk, the WBO mandatory challenger, outpointed Joshua at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in September 2021. He was beaten again by the Ukrainian in August 2022

Joshua laboured to his first victory since 2020 with a unanimous points decision success over Jermaine Franklin at the O2 Arena in April 2023, then in August knocked out Robert Helenius in the seventh round.

Joshua also represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and won gold in the super heavyweight category.

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