JOSHUA: THE MOVIE
‘Real Rocky’ tale to hit big screen
RAGS-to-riches boxing champ Anthony Joshua’s amazing victory over Wladimir Klitschko should be made into a movie, fans demanded last night.
The calls came after the battling Brit – who still lives with his mum in a former council flat – climbed off the canvas to claim three world heavyweight titles.
RAGS-to-riches boxing champ Anthony Joshua’s victory should be made into a movie, fans demanded last night.
The champion – who still lives with his mum in a former council flat – climbed off the canvas to twice floor Wladimir Klitschko.
The amazing win in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium, where Joshua used to scour market stalls for fake designer gear, earned him £15million.
He is now set to take part in the richest fight in UK boxing history after Tyson Fury accepted his challenge for a Battle Of The Brits which could see the winner pocket a massive £50m.
Fans said Joshua’s story should be turned into a Rockystyle film.
Jnr tweeted: “This Anthony Joshua story looks like a movie in my eyes.’’
Another fan Lee Swift wrote: “Was like watchin real #Rocky movie.’’
After spotting Hollywood legend Arnold Schwarzenegger in the crowd another tweeted: “This has got to be a movie. Arnie’s here!’’
But one person who was not watching was Joshua’s mum Yeta Odusanya.
She is so scared of him getting hurt she has never seen him fight.
But pals say the Watford-born fighter plans to treat his mum, who still lives in a former local authority flat in Golders Green, north London, to a new house for supporting him throughout his rise to global stardom.
Joshua, 28, has admitted he was “f***ed before boxing”.
He found himself on remand in Reading for what is believed to have been street fighting.
Moments after beating Klitschko, who was watched by his actress fiancée Hayden Panettiere, he set up the sport’s most eagerly anticipated fight by saying from the ring: “Fury where you at, baby?’’
Undefeated former world champ Fury, 28, who has stepped away from the ring to focus on his battle with depression after testing positive for cocaine, wrote on Twitter: “Challenge accepted. Let’s dance.’’ Boxing fans are snapping up used tickets from Saturday’s fight for thousands of pounds so they can pretend they were there. They are coughing up more than £3,000 on eBay.