ANTHONY JOSHUA is feeling nostalgic after showing off images of his incredible transformation from ten years ago.
The heavyweight champion had only taken up boxing just one year prior to the 2008 pictures, proving his incredible rise in the sport.
AJ posted pictures of before he hit the big timeCredit: Instagram / @anthony_joshua
AJ’s amateur career kicked off in 2009 by winning the Haringey Boxing Cup and he hasn’t looked back since.
The 30-year-old uploaded snaps that show his skinny frame in training at his first boxing club – Finchley ABC in North London.
He is also sparring and posing for pictures alongside the first trophies he won as an amateur.
The heavyweight champion only took up boxing in 2007Credit: Instagram / @anthony_joshua
AJ shared pictures of him sparring with former boxing partnersCredit: Instagram / @anthony_joshua
Before he won his title belts he was winning amateur trophiesCredit: Instagram / @anthony_joshua
Anthony Joshua raps and dances alongside Beenie Man while on holiday in Jamaica
Joshua is one belt away from becoming the undisputed champion of the worldCredit: Instagram / @anthony_joshua
AJ didn’t always have his incredible physique…Credit: Instagram / @anthony_joshua
Joshua had his first professional fight in 2013Credit: Instagram / @anthony_joshua
Those trophies turned into Olympic gold medals which later turned into heavyweight title belts.
Now he just needs Tyson Fury’s WBC belt to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
AJ is set to IBF mandatory Kubrat Pulev at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 20.
Anthony Joshua to face Kubrat Pulev on June 20 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
