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Anthony Joshua Net Worth

Anthony Joshua Net Worth

How much is Anthony Joshua worth?

Net Worth:$60 Million
Age:29
Date of Birth: October 15, 1989
Residence:Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Occupation:British Professional Boxer, World Heavyweight Champion
Updated:2024

Introduction

Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua is a British professional boxer. Joshua is one of world heavyweight champions holding the titles WBA (super), IBF, and WBO. From 2014 to 2016, he also won commonwealth and British heavyweight titles.

Joshua won a silver medal at the 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships in the super heavyweight division as an amateur player and represented England. Besides this, Joshua did a remarkable job as a professional boxer and won a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics where he represented Great Britain.

As of 2022, Anthony Joshua net worth is around $60 million.

Early life

Joshua was born on October 15, 1989, in Watford, Hertfordshire, England to Yeta and Robert Joshua. His parents are of Nigerian ancestry and belong to Yoruba people. His parents got separated when he was just 12.

He spent his early years in Nigeria at Mayflower Boarding School in Kenne. After his parent’s separation, he went to Kings Langley Secondary School.  Following his middle name, most of his friends and teachers used to call him Femi. He was one of the best football players at school too. Before choosing boxing as a career Joshua showed his interest in reading and chess.

Personal life

Joshua is single and unmarried but the boxer never revealed anything about his girlfriend and relationships.

Joshua saw many ups and downs in life in 2009, because of the crazy stuff about fighting and all he sent to reading prison, and when he was released he made to wear an electronic tag on his ankle.

He was also pulled over for speeding in Colindale in 2011. Joshua was also arrested and charged multiple times for keeping drugs including herbal cannabis. Even once he was charged 14 years sentence to prison for keeping class B drug.

He has also been sentenced to a 12-year community order and suspended from the GB Boxing Squad.

As of 2022, Anthony Joshua net worth is approx $60 million.

Career

Joshua stared his career as a boxer when he was just eighteen in 2007. He also founded a club named Finchley Barnet in North London where many of the professional heavyweight champions used to get trained.

In 2009 and 2010, he won the Haringey box cup. He also won senior ABA Senior Championship in his 18h bout but turned down the £50,000, because he wanted himself to turn into a professional boxer. According to him, he never wanted to play sports for money, instead, he wanted to earn, fame, and medals. His determination to learn boxing made him won the same tournament the following year.

Domestically he made his place on the GB Boxing Team and then also became the British amateur champion after defeating Amin Isa at GB Amateur Boxing Championships. The amazing boxer also made his mark at European amateur boxing championships by beating Cathal McGonagle and Eric Berechlin however he was stopped by Mihai Nistor, a Romanian Southpaw.

The boxing writers club of great Britain named him amateur boxer of the year. He also marked great success during World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2011, where he had beaten Olympic champion Roberto Cammarelle. In the 2012 London Olympics, he sealed his success with the gold medal.

Due to his extraordinary services to boxing, the great boxer became a member of the order of the British Empire in the honor of the New Year, 2013.

2013 proved to be the luckiest year for Joshua, as his biggest dream of being a professional boxer came true and under the Matchroom sport professional banner, he became a professional boxer. After this, he won back to back the fight against Yoandris Salinas, Paul Butlin, and Croatian Hrvoje Kisiceck.

In 2014 he got a victory against Dorian Darch, Terence Crawford, maat Skelton Konstantin Airich, denis Bakthov, and Michael Sprott.

In 2015, Joshua’s match with Whyte earned him to victory as well as straight £3 million from which he signed a new deal with Matchroom.

As of 2022, Anthony Joshua net worth is estimated to be around $60 million making him one of world heavyweight champions.

Professional boxing record and Achievements

Joshua won about 22 fights at the main events.

He retained WBA (super) IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles on 22 September 2018 at Wembley stadium England against Alexander Povetkin.

Joshua retained WBA (super) IBF and IBO heavyweight titles and won WBO heavyweight title in Principality Stadium Cardiff Wales on 31 March 2018 against Joseph parker.

In the same stadium, he retained WBA super, IBF and IBO heavyweight titles on 28 October 2017 against Carlos Takam.

Joshua retained IBF Heavyweight Title and won vacant WBA and IBO heavyweight titles on 29 April 2017 against Wladimir Klitschko in Wembley Stadium London England.

In the Manchester arena, he retained IBF heavyweight title on December 10, 2016, against Eric Molina.

He retained and won heavyweight, WBC, IBF, Commonwealth heavyweight, British heavyweight titles against Dominic Breazeale, Charles martin Dillian Whyte, Gary Cornish, and Kevin Johnson, Denis Bakhtov, and Emanuele Leo in the O2 arena, London England.

Besides this, he also won fights against the renowned boxers of all time including Raphael Zumbano Love, Jason Gavern, Micheal Sprott, Konstantin Airich, Matt Legg, Hector Avila, Dorian Darch and Hrvoje Kisicek in England, Scotland and Wales.

In 2012, Joshua won a gold medal at a Super Heavyweight Championship Title in London.

In 2010 and 2011, he won silver and gold medals for super heavyweight championship titles in Baku, Liverpool, London and Colchester representing England.

His match with one of the best boxers of all times Klitschko who lost only three matches of his career was the most important for him.

Joshua’s next fight was planned against joseph parker in 2018, from which he earned around £18 million and retained WBA, IBO, and IBF belts.

Recently, his match was planned with Andy Ruiz known as an underdog in the fight. Joshua lost this match against him.

Summary

Joshua is one of the best professional boxers and heavyweight champions of all time. The main source of his whooping net worth is his tremendous victories against the best and renowned boxing champions.

As of 2022, Anthony Joshua net worth is about $60 million.

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Written by Abdul Qayyum Rajpoot

Abdul Qayyum Rajpoot is a productivity enthusiast who in on mission to help entrepreneurs and solopreneurs in achieving their business goals through focus, grit, and motivation. When he is not advocating smarter work, he is traveling the world or journaling his achievements in the self-growth arena on his blog.

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