You might be the toast of the town but may not be able to snag a girlfriend, even if you’re Anthony Joshua.
The two-time world heavyweight champion recently gave an interview to The Sun where he talked about difficulties getting into a relationship. According to him, finding love is increasingly difficult especially with his career and popularity.
The young father spoke candidly to the news outlet about life in lockdown with his family including becoming “super dad” to his four-year-old son, JJ, and the challenges he’s faced, balancing his work life with his personal life.
On how the dating pool is for a young and famous boxer
“I think you can date and still be a successful sportsman but it’s hard to find a balance and I would have to compromise — which I’ve not felt able to do.
“My dad never gave me advice about much. But in terms of relationships what I have learnt and what I tell my son is, it would be nice to find a high school sweetheart and to grow together because as you get older you get set in your ways.
“For me to have a relationship now means I would have to compromise and change my ways and I don’t know how easy that would be for me to do. So I do date but I don’t get to the stage where I actually put anyone into that position.
“I don’t have a girlfriend and I haven’t had one for a while. But as I get older I do think it would be nice to have someone, someone to grow with as well — but I honestly haven’t found anyone.”
Joshua also went on to say his type of woman would be homely, down to earth and also, someone who can handle fame
“Maybe I need to get off the estate and start going to celebrity parties — maybe do something different. I hope I will — and probably meeting someone else who understands fame would make sense. I would hope so. But it needs to be someone down to earth, family-orientated – someone who can call my mum their second mum.
“It takes time to grow that and, as I said, now I am older I am stuck in my ways. As I get older it would be nice to bring someone into my world but it’s dependent on who and I just haven’t found someone yet. Maybe we can go on a hunt. We have all the time now.”
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On his journey as a super-dad while in lockdown with his four-year-old son, JJ, he says
“I started off as super-dad and then that slowly went out the window and to be honest he’s watching way too much TV now.
The only thing he wants to do is watch Paw Patrol and Ryan’s World – there’s no way you’d get him watching Joe Wicks.
“At home, he doesn’t really think of me as a famous boxer or anything like that. I’m not a superstar and he doesn’t think so either. He knows I fight but that’s all. I always keep that stuff away from home. I’m not like that at home – and I’m not even like that when I go out, really.”
Anthony Joshua, who has been home-schooling his son is not very keen on sending back to school when the lockdown comes to an end.
“The next conversation is about him going back to school — although I’m not too sure if we’ll send my boy back to school just yet.”
While boxing fans want to see him fight British rival Tyson Fury, Joshua says…
“In my own mind I had mentally written off most of this year but, if I was to fight this year, it would probably be November or December. It’s difficult at the moment knowing how you cover the costs, and whether you could charge people in the circumstances for pay per view”
Photo credit: @anthonyjoshua
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