By Tim Parsons-
Anthony Joshua got social media cracking up when he shared a picture of himself on instagram taking a call.
Featuring a brown leather armchair not perfectly reflecting the riches of the Uk’s most popular boxer, one could have be forgiven for thinking the IBF heavyweight champion had a
serious bona the size of a section of the arm chair.
Joshua is widely considered to be Britain’s no 1 heavyweight boxer today, and his IBF world title belt does well to promote this fact. Very tall, well built, and , muscular, the Londoner is definitely one of the best things to happen to the division in a very long time.
His humble persona makes him the perfect gentleman of the sport even with the destructive right hand of his that batters his opponents into submission. Joshua is preparing for his world title showdown against Wladimir Klitschko on April 29.
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He is favourite to win, but boxing does spring it’s surprises like what happened to David Haye a week ago at the London 02. Joshua looked in a relaxed mood when he posted that picture on instagram, but one cannot help wonder what mindset the heavyweight crusher was on at the time. Did
he not know how the picture would be perceived, or was he just flowing in the moment?
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One social media user wrote: “Made me laugh looking at that sofa.
That’s what’s great about Anthony Joshua, he’s on top of the world but as grounded as any old Tom, Dick or Harry.”
The 27 year old still lives with his mother in North London, even though he has enough money to have his own place anywhere in the Uk he wants. His humility has made him so well loved in the Uk, that nobody has a bad word to say about him. The heavyweight power house needs to remain very grounded until the fight and cannot even afford to have women or anything of a sort on his mind. I