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AN APPRECIATION

Matt Christie

@MattCBoxingNews

Editor

THOUGH it is far too early to judge the career of Anthony Joshua as the sum of all its parts, it’s worthwhile this week – eight years to the day after he won his first major heavyweight belt – to examine his progress.

There remains an awful lot of people who prefer to criticise boxers like Joshua than praise them, yet, when looking back on all he’s achieved and the manner in which he’s gone about his business, both as a boxer and a celebrity, one wonders

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