Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua OBE (born 15 October 1989) is a British professional boxer. Joshua competed as an amateur for England in the super-heavyweight event at the 2011 World Championships, winning a silver medal. He also won gold for Great Britain in the 2012 Olympics.
In preparation for life beyond boxing, Anthony Joshua has disclosed that he hopes to have up to seven kids.
He currently has one boy called Joseph ‘JJ’ Joshua.
He was named Prospect of the Year by The Ring magazine in 2014, a year after turning professional.
His victory over Wladimir Klitschko in 2017 was voted Fight of the Year by The Ring and the Boxing Writers Association of America.
Joshua is the second British boxer, after James DeGale, to win both an Olympic gold medal and a major professional sanctioning body world title, and the first British heavyweight to do so.
In world heavyweight title fights, Joshua’s knockout-to-win rate is 91.67%, with an overall knockout percentage of 63.64%.
