Anthony Joshua: Celebrating 10 years since ….
It was the ultimate reward for a glistening amateur rise and the launchpad for a professional career that would take Anthony Joshua to the pinnacle of boxing.
August 12 marks 10 years since AJ set his pursuit of world title stardom in motion as he clinched Olympic super heavyweight gold with victory over Roberto Cammarelle at London 2012.
Anthony Joshua: Celebrating 10 years since …
It fittingly glossed Team GB’s most successful boxing return since 1920 and marked the host nation’s final medal of the Games,
Joshua having since established himself as an honorary member, perhaps even chairman, of the ‘where are they now?’ bunch.
A day earlier Oleksandr Usyk had toppled Clemente Russo to win heavyweight gold after fending off household names in Michael Hunter
and unified knockout merchant Artur Beterbiev to preview a decade as one of the sport’s most enthralling technicians.
From introduction to culmination, the pair now find themselves gearing up for a career-defining night at the top of boxing’s most celebrated division when they meet in this month’s Saudi Arabia-staged rematch.
Reflection warrants recognition, and Joshua’s Olympic glory can account for demanding the investment and laying the foundations of a belt-collecting ascent that collectively galvanised British boxing.
“He’s got me in this position, getting his gold medal, he may not know it but he carried on the funding, he’s put the face of boxing in England,”
Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Ben Whittaker told Sky Sports at his Boxxer unveiling in May.
The AJ-spangled persona was mid-manifestation, the Lion’s Den was recruiting its pride in view of a sizeable feast,
Britain’s celebrity heavyweight behemoth of today was something of an unknown on the international stage; here was the late-bloomer that had only taken up boxing aged 18 and the merit-over-money,
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success-over-sterling advocate that had declined thousands of pounds to turn professional early, too early, in his career.
“I didn’t grow up with loads of money around me anyway, and I’m happy with the way things are,” he said at the time.
“These memories are priceless. I want to go on and win world and European titles and dominate in the amateurs.”
Anthony Joshua: Celebrating 10 years since ….
It was the ultimate reward for a glistening amateur rise and the launchpad for a professional career that would take Anthony Joshua to the pinnacle of boxing.
August 12 marks 10 years since AJ set his pursuit of world title stardom in motion as he clinched Olympic super heavyweight gold with victory over Roberto Cammarelle at London 2012.
Anthony Joshua: Celebrating 10 years since …
It fittingly glossed Team GB’s most successful boxing return since 1920 and marked the host nation’s final medal of the Games,
Joshua having since established himself as an honorary member, perhaps even chairman, of the ‘where are they now?’ bunch.
A day earlier Oleksandr Usyk had toppled Clemente Russo to win heavyweight gold after fending off household names in Michael Hunter
and unified knockout merchant Artur Beterbiev to preview a decade as one of the sport’s most enthralling technicians.
From introduction to culmination, the pair now find themselves gearing up for a career-defining night at the top of boxing’s most celebrated division when they meet in this month’s Saudi Arabia-staged rematch.
Reflection warrants recognition, and Joshua’s Olympic glory can account for demanding the investment and laying the foundations of a belt-collecting ascent that collectively galvanised British boxing.
“He’s got me in this position, getting his gold medal, he may not know it but he carried on the funding, he’s put the face of boxing in England,”
Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Ben Whittaker told Sky Sports at his Boxxer unveiling in May.
The AJ-spangled persona was mid-manifestation, the Lion’s Den was recruiting its pride in view of a sizeable feast,
Britain’s celebrity heavyweight behemoth of today was something of an unknown on the international stage; here was the late-bloomer that had only taken up boxing aged 18 and the merit-over-money,
READ MORE:Anthony Joshua reveals what he would have done differently first in…
success-over-sterling advocate that had declined thousands of pounds to turn professional early, too early, in his career.
“I didn’t grow up with loads of money around me anyway, and I’m happy with the way things are,” he said at the time.
“These memories are priceless. I want to go on and win world and European titles and dominate in the amateurs.”
