By Victor Kanayo
Former world heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, now has his net.
This followed his recent bounce back to straight victories, months after losing to arch rival Oleksandr Usyk.
Joshua’s recent hot streak includes four straight victories, with his latest win being a knockout blow to ex-UFC heavyweight Francis Ngannou in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
According to Sunday Times, the British-Nigeria born fighter is worth £175 million.
Since his stunning Olympic gold medal win at London 2012 catapulted him to fame, Joshua has been climbing the boxing ladder with gusto.
But it’s a throwback interview with GQ in April 2017 that really shows the heights he aimed for.
At the time, Joshua was gearing up for his bout with Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium, which he won by KO.
Joshua has set his sights sky-high, revealing his financial goals saying, “If I’m making £10 million from my next fight, my next target has to be making ten times that. And if I get to £100m-150m, why not go for the billion? I know self-made billionaires. It’s hard, but it’s possible.”
The boxing star bagged a whopping £66m, his highest purse to date, when he snatched back his WBA, WBO, IBO, and IBF world titles from Andy Ruiz Jr in December 2019.
Reports claim he then bagged £31million in his March clash with Ngannou.
Joshua has undeniably boosted his wealth recently, with Forbes estimating his 2024 earnings at a cool $47million.
