Anthony Joshua ('AJ') 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 |