Anthony Ogogo
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Ogogo training in 2009
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| Rated at | Middleweight | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 1⁄2 in (182 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | English | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
24 November 1988 Lowestoft, Suffolk, England |
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| Total fights | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Draws | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| No contests | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www |
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Medal record
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Anthony Osezua Ojo Ogogo (born 24 November 1988) is an English professional boxer from Lowestoft, England, competing in the middleweight division. He is currently promoted by Golden Boy Promotions. In 2015, he participated in the 13th series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing.
Anthony was born to an English mother and Nigerian father.
In his youth Ogogo attended many Football in the Community courses run by Norwich City resulting in him being invited for a trial at the club and playing in their youth team.
Having taken up boxing aged 12, Ogogo won a gold medal in the 2004 Junior Olympics final held in Texas.
In 2005, Ogogo won gold at the IABA Cadet World Championships at the 70 kg division by beating Ruslan Derbenev of Russia in the final. A 1,000-plus capacity crowd watched the bout at the St George's Hall in Liverpool.
Ogogo competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India in the Middleweight (75 kg) Division and won a silver medal after being defeated in the final by Northern Ireland's Eamonn O'Kane by a score of 16–4.
Ogogo secured his place on the GB Boxing team for the 2012 London Olympics in Trabzon, Turkey in April 2012. Ogogo was the first of the British boxers to make their Olympic debut, on 28 July, opening with a round of 32 bout against Junior Castillo of Dominican Republic, who he beat by a score of 13–6. In his round of 16 bout, Ogogo entered the biggest fight, against world champion and world number one, Ukrainian, Evhen Khytrov. With the judges score drawn, and the 52–52 count-back score not separating the fighters, the decision went down to the judges to press either the blue or red pad based on their opinion as to who deserved the decision. The majority of the five officials chose Ogogo. One fight from a bronze medal, Ogogo fought Germany's Stefan Härtel in the quarter-finals. Ogogo continued his successful form with a 15–10 victory. He went on to box Brazilian Esquiva Falcão Florentino in the semi-final but his opponent proved to be too strong for the him. Ogogo lost the bout 16:9, claiming a bronze medal. A post box in his home town of Lowestoft (on Rectory Road) was painted bronze in honour of this result.
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