Researching Anthony Joshua
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 222 people with the Joshua surname? In that year Joshua was ranked number 3357 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Anthony means "Priceless" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Anthony Joshua on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Anthony Joshua and the Joshua Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Joshua Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Joshua family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 343 people with the Joshua surname in the UK? Joshua is now ranked number 3718 for popularity in the UK. |
Joshua Family History Databases
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Joshua Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Joshua surname in the USA? Joshua is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Anthony Joshua
Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua (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.
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