ANTHONY JOSHUA has shown off a host of incredible throwback pictures from ten years ago – just showing how remarkable his transformation has been as he prepares to eventually fight Tyson Fury.
The heavyweight champion, 30, 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
The heavyweight champion only took up boxing in 2007Credit: Instagram / @anthony_joshua
Fast forward to 2020 and Joshua is on the brink of becoming unified world heavyweight champion
AJ’s amateur career kicked off in 2009 by winning the Haringey Boxing Cup and he hasn’t looked back since.
The Watford ace 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.
Those trophies turned into Olympic gold medals which later turned into heavyweight title belts.
Now he just needs Fury’s WBC belt to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
AJ is set to take on IBF mandatory Kubrat Pulev in December, after their June 20 date was postponed due to coronavirus.
Despite his Pulev fight, Fury has told Joshua to ‘grow a pair of balls’ and finally fight him in a behind-closed-doors UK battle.
Fury told talkSPORT: “I will be fighting in December either against Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas or Joe Bloggs.
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
Joshua is one belt away from becoming the undisputed champion of the worldCredit: Instagram / @anthony_joshua
AJ didn’t always have his incredible physiqueCredit: Instagram / @anthony_joshua
“I have made it very clear that if we cannot fight in America then I want a homecoming in the UK and I don’t care about a crowd.
“I am about one-hour from going AWOL unless I get some good news.
“Tell AJ to grow a pair and step up to fight in December. If Wilder doesn’t happen then let’s get the AJ fight in December.
“If Wilder doesn’t happen in December then I will step in and smash Anthony Joshua into next week.”
Joshua had his first professional fight in 2013Credit: Instagram / @anthony_joshua
Anthony Joshua to face Kubrat Pulev on June 20 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
