Trivias Of Anthony Joshua
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While growing up, his friends and teachers called him "Femi" from his middle name, "Oluwafemi".
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He was a bricklayer before taking up boxing full-time.
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Joshua won his first world title in April 2016 after he stripped Charles Martin's IBF heavyweight championship.
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Joshua's loss to Andy Ruiz Jr. in June 2019 is considered to be one of the biggest upsets in the history of boxing.
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He is the second British boxer and the first British heavyweight to win both a gold medal at Olympics and a world title.
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The Transnational Boxing Rankings ranked Joshua the second-best active heavyweight in 2020.
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The Ring magazine ranked Joshua the world's second-best active heavyweight in April 2020.
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Boxrec ranked him eighth-best active boxer, pound for pound in 2020.
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The Ring Magazine named Joshua Prospect of the Year in 2014.
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The Ring magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America named Joshua's victorious fight over Wladimir Klitschko the Fight of the Year in 2017.
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His cousin, Ben Ileyemi is also a professional boxer.
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The Powerlist has included Joshua as one of the 100 most influential Black Britons.