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ANTHONY JOSHUA is preparing for a fight that could make him one of the most recognisable sportsmen on the planet.
But the IBF heavyweight world champion insists he is still keeping his feet firmly on the ground.
Joshua defends his title against Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium on Saturday night in front of 90,000 fans.
The 27-year-old is already a star in the UK but this is the fight that will make his name known worldwide, with TV rights being sold to countries that have never previously shown an interest in him. It is a meteoric rise for the 2012 Olympic champion, who first put on a pair of gloves in 2008.
But with his claims of wanting to be a billionaire and the growing number of celebrities trying to get close to him, he could be tempted to look down on those who helped him rise to the top. Not according to the Watford-born man mountain, who insists his Nigerian heritage will not allow him to become a bigtime Charlie.
He still lives with his mum, Yeta, in a flat in London’s Golders Green rather than a plush city-centre apartment.
During his training camp in Sheffield, he stays in the basic accommodation used by his old amateur team-mates. “Staying humble is not so much about how you spend your money or what luxuries you have; staying humble is about how you treat people,” said Joshua. “I speak to a tramp the same way I would speak to the president or the mayor. “I am something from nothing. My parents came here from Nigeria. Back then you could make money if you had the education, but my parents had to work hard. “They found a home to live in, didn’t understand the system in the UK, I’m first generation in the country. “I was grafting, then I found boxing and then it’s a hustle. You naturally gravitate to the right people and I managed to negotiate my way through. If people