Back in 2009, Anthony Joshua, at the age of 19, was still a thin, Pheo Pheo Can grass, was detained on charges of “drug trafficking”. And with a large number of marijuana discovered, Anthony Joshua shared that he thought people would be imprisoned for 15 years.
“My youth was not obedient,” the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO champion admitted in an interview with Vogue.
“I used to drop out of school, used to be a bear's head. My mother moved to London, but I didn't want to be with her and wanted to stay in Watford. So I slept thanks to my aunt's house and that. It was only for me to have a separate place for myself.”
“There is a place to live, I leave all the sports, instead of the burial and smoking – I thought it was cool at that time. People considered me a scum, forbid me to step into Watford.
For a young man who is in need of life, the day he meets with the darkness of society and arrested at the age of 19, the first prison is not too big.
Joshua even acknowledged that he was ready for 15 years in prison “,” If people are guilty, go to jail “.
“I think life in jail is probably not too difficult,” Joshua said in an interview different from Apple's Song for Life.
“But it turned out that everything was different – I was not prepared for what I encountered in the prison. I still remember the young buffalo I met in prison … nor young, as my age, very impulsive and aggressive.”
“One of them screams in the break – it's not fun when I and others are enjoying a few times without having to sit in the cell. I glanced at him, this hand immediately horned,” You look at anyone? “
“Life in prison is also inadequate. The cold season, I have very disgusting chapped lips, but nothing in my hand, nor did anyone know if I could buy things. I had to use butter around my mouth.”
2 weeks of detention ended when Anthony Joshua was sponsored. However, he was still tagged, attached to the chip while waiting for the court to summon the case.
“Being out, the first thing I decided was to learn boxing and weightlifting,” Joshua recounted. “If I get a long sentence, I want to be able to defend myself before the foolish aggressive hands in the prison. At least it will not be allowed to let them crush their heads.”
“I moved to live with my cousin. We bought a multi -function weightlifting machine, so that it was in the living room. I first only knew how to lift my chest, practice listening to Papoose music with the song” Get Rich or Die Tryin “of the 50 cents for the atmosphere.
“I am very serious with training. I registered to a gym of the Hardcore lifting hands, maintaining extremely tight time. At that time, I was still waiting for the trial, people still wear me a tag to follow my leg. I have to go home before 8 pm.”
“I think that time had really helped me rectify the practice discipline – right after people gave up my feet, I started to devote my best to the boxing. All I needed to do was fighting the devil in me, against it, maintaining the right path. The battle between me and that demon has not ended, but now I have learned how to control it.”
Now, Anthony Joshua is the champion of 4 WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO belts. He needed Thuong Dai with Tyson Fury to be able to take the last belt of the weight class, the WBC belt. But before that, Joshua would have to protect the belt against opponent Oleksandr Usyk – the absolute champion of the Cruiserweight weight class – in the match on the night of 25 morning of September 26 next week.