Anthony Joshua ('AJ') boxer

Anthony Joshua boxer
bouts
26
won
24
lost
2
draw
0
Status
active
Division
heavyweight
Debut
2013-10-05
Height
6′ 6″/198cm
Reach
82″/208cm
Age
29
Born
1989-10-15
Death
-
Nationality
United Kingdom

Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua OBE (born 15 October 1989) is a British professional boxer. He is a two-time former unified world heavyweight champion, having held the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO titles from December 2019 to September 2021, and previously between 2016 and June 2019. 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 in the super-heavyweight division, winning a 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. In 2017, his victorious fight against Wladimir Klitschko was named 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 a gold medal at the Olympics and a world title by a major professional sanctioning body, as well as the first British heavyweight to do so.As of October 2021, Joshua is ranked as the world's third-best active heavyweight by BoxRec, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and The Ring, and fourth by ESPN, as well as the seventh-best active boxer, pound for pound, by BoxRec. He has been ranked by BoxRec as among the world's top 10 heavyweights since 2014, and was ranked at No. 1 at the conclusion of 2016 and 2017. Joshua's knockout-to-win percentage stands at 91.67%, with an overall knockout percentage of 63.64% in world heavyweight title fights.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
2021-09-25 Oleksandr Usyk WWWWWW Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Tottenham LOST
Unanimous decision
2020-12-12 Kubrat Pulev WWWWWW Wembley Arena, Wembley LOST
KO
2019-12-07 Andy Ruiz WLWWWW Diriyah Arena, Diriyah LOST
Unanimous decision
2019-06-01 Jarrell Miller WWWWWW Madison Square Garden, New York
2018-09-22 Alexander Povetkin WWWWWW Wembley Stadium, Wembley WIN
Technical knockout
2018-03-31 Joseph Parker WWWWWW Principality Stadium, Cardiff WIN
Unanimous decision
2017-10-28 Carlos Takam WWWLWW Principality Stadium, Cardiff WIN
Technical knockout
2017-04-29 Wladimir Klitschko WWWWWL Wembley Stadium, Wembley WIN
Technical knockout
2016-12-10 Eric Molina WWWLWW Manchester Arena, Manchester WIN
Technical knockout
2016-06-25 Dominic Breazeale WWWWWW O2 Arena, Greenwich WIN
Technical knockout
2016-04-09 Charles Martin WWWWWW O2 Arena, Greenwich WIN
KO
2015-12-12 Dillian Whyte WWWWWW O2 Arena, Greenwich WIN
Technical knockout
2015-09-12 Gary Cornish WWWWWW O2 Arena, Greenwich WIN
Technical knockout
2015-05-30 Kevin Johnson LLWLLL O2 Arena, Greenwich WIN
Technical knockout
2015-05-09 Raphael Zumbano WLWLLW Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham WIN
Technical knockout
2015-04-04 Jason Gavern WLLWLL Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle WIN
KO
2014-11-22 Michael Sprott WWWWWL Echo Arena, Liverpool WIN
Technical knockout
2014-10-11 Denis Bakhtov WLWLWW O2 Arena, Greenwich WIN
Technical knockout
2014-09-13 Konstantin Airich LLLWWL Phones 4u Arena (formerly M.E.N Arena), Manchester WIN
Technical knockout
2014-07-12 Matt Skelton LWWWLL Echo Arena, Liverpool WIN
Technical knockout
2014-05-31 Matt Legg LWWWLW Wembley Stadium, Wembley WIN
KO
2014-03-01 Hector Alfredo Avila WLWLWL Scottish Exhibition Centre, Glasgow WIN
KO
2014-02-01 Dorian Darch WWWLWL Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff WIN
Technical knockout
2013-11-14 Hrvoje Kisicek LWLWLW York Hall, Bethnal Green WIN
Technical knockout
2013-10-26 Paul Butlin LLWWLL Sheffield Arena, Sheffield WIN
Technical knockout
2013-10-05 Emanuele Leo WWWWWW O2 Arena, Greenwich WIN
Technical knockout