Anthony Joshua Looks Back At Working As a Security Guard: Boxing News: Following a very last-minute change of opponent, Anthony Joshua will battle Robert Helenius on Saturday night at London’s O2 Arena. Follow Boxing News Updates with InsideSports.IN.
Eight years after their exhilarating first professional fight, the former two-time heavyweight world champion was originally scheduled to square off with longtime adversary Dillian Whyte once more. The two had previously faced off as amateurs.
Joshua’s match against Deontay Wilder will not take place if he loses this fight. If AJ loses to the heavy-handed Helenius, their January battle in Saudi Arabia will not take place.
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Anthony Joshua Working As a Security Guard And In Airlines Before Boxing Robert Helenius
Winning and Losing a part and parcel of an athlete’s life, Anthony Joshua prioritises his boxing and reasons his losses to not be satisfactory as per him, he says he knows that he has alot more to offer and has not been putting in the best of his efforts recently. Anthony Joshua has talked about how he believes in constant change.
Nothing remains the same as it is now, sometimes you may do wonderful in a fight and emerge as a champion, but then the loss is inevitable, 10 years down the line Anthony mentions maybe he might just retire and decide to be a monk. To prove this, he dives back to his earlier stages of life where before becoming a professional boxer he used to be a carefree boy.
Anthony Joshua Looks Back At Working As a Security Guard And In Airlines Before Boxing Robert Helenius
Anthony Joshua mentions how he would indulge himself in rave parties, would be smoking and drinking alcohol, and in some instances also get caught by the police. Before being a professional boxer the heavyweight champion had also worked as a security guard and in Airlines. He also went to college to complete his graduation.
Later, he found his love for the sport of boxing, he found his passion. There have been phases, where he might have felt low due to his poor performance, and stuck to the sport for only the financial assistance it had been providing, but soon enough he realised, money wasn’t something he was after. Instead, he wants to focus on bettering himself and ultimately being the champion
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