Anthony Joshua

About

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.
As an amateur, Joshua represented England at the 2011 World Championships, winning the super-heavyweight silver medal. He also represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics, winning gold. In 2014, a year after turning professional, he was named Prospect of the Year by The Ring magazine. He won the IBF heavyweight title in 2016, the vacant WBA (Super) and IBO heavyweight titles in 2017, and the WBO heavyweight title in 2018. After losing his heavyweight titles to Andy Ruiz Jr. in June 2019 and regaining them in their December 2019 rematch, he later lost the unified titles to Oleksandr Usyk in 2021 and again in their 2022 rematch. In 2024, he challenged for the vacant IBF heavyweight title, losing to Daniel Dubois via knockout.
In 2017, his fight against Wladimir Klitschko was named Fight of the Year by The Ring and the Boxing Writers…