Anthony Ogogo

Anthony Ogogo
Anthony Ogogo
Data
Birth Name	Anthony Osezua Ojo Ogogo
Weight class	medium weight
nationality	British
birthday	November 24, 1988
place of birth	Lowestoft
style	Left delivery
size	1.82 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	12
Victories	11
Knockout victories	7th
Defeats	1

Anthony Ogogo medal table
Boxing
England
Olympic Summer Games
bronze	2012 London	medium weight
Cadet World Championship
gold	2005 Liverpool	Light middleweight
Commonwealth Games
silver	2010 Delhi	medium weight

Anthony Osezua Ojo Ogogo (born November 24, 1988 in Lowestoft ) is an English professional middleweight boxer. As an amateur boxer, he became the cadet world champion in the light middleweight division in 2005 and won the Olympic bronze medal in the middleweight division in 2012.

Amateur career

Anthony Ogogo is the son of an Englishwoman and a Nigerian and has been boxing since he was 10 years old. He belongs to the Triple A Boxing Club Lowestoft and is trained there by John Cremin. He also trains frequently at the British Boxing Association's performance center in Sheffield . At a height of 1.82 meters, he fights in the middleweight division .

He was English junior welterweight champion in 2005 and won the gold medal in light middleweight at the 4th Cadet World Championships in Liverpool in October of the same year . He prevailed against Kemal Bayramov from Turkmenistan, Dante Moore from the USA, Olexandr Mykhalko from Ukraine and Ruslan Derbenew from Russia.

In 2006 he joined the welterweight division at the 14th Junior World Championships in Agadir and defeated Martin Lynch from Ireland in the preliminary round before losing to the later gold medalist Julio César Iglesias from Cuba in the round of 16 . Also at the 20th European Junior Championships in 2007 in Sombor , he was defeated in the second fight by the Serbian Aleksandar Spirko .

In 2008 he was English welterweight champion and in 2010 English middleweight champion. In 2010 he also won the British Championships in Manchester and won the silver medal at the 19th Commonwealth Games in Delhi . At the 38th European Championships of the same year in Moscow , he lost in the second fight against Darren O'Neill from Ireland.

At the 16th World Championships 2011 in Baku , he won the first two fights against the Korean Woo Sung Jae 17: 7 and Artyom Chebotaryov from Russia 12:11, before losing to the Brazilian Esquiva Falcão Florentino 12:17 on points. At the European Olympic qualification in 2012 in Trabzon , he reached the final and thus received a starting place in the middleweight division at the Summer Olympics in London . There he defeated Junior Castillo Martinez from the Dominican Republic 13: 6 in the preliminary round and the reigning world champion Evhen Khytrov from Ukraine +18: 18 in the round of 16 . In the quarterfinals he defeated the German Stefan Härtel 15:10 and moved into the semi-finals, where he was again defeated by the Brazilian Esquiva Falcão Florentino 9:16 and thus retired from the games with a bronze medal.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
2005	1.	British 4 Nations Tour. in Aberdeen	Welter	after RSC victory in the 3rd round in the final over Daniel Richards, Wales
2005	9.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Siófok	up to 70 kg body weight	after winning points over Dimitri Tolstonog, Israel (30:12) and losing points to Alexander Kosiromin, Russia (18:28)
2005	1.	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Liverpool	up to 70 kg body weight	after RSC victory in the 1st round over Kemal Bayramow, Turkmenistan , points victory over Dante Moore, USA (15:13), RSC victory in the 2nd round over Alexander Michalko, Ukraine and points victory over Ruslan Derbenjew, Russia (13: 7)
2006	3.	Intern. Junior tournament in Mostar	Welter	after winning points over Davor Mohovic, Croatia (9: 2) and losing points to Igor Pejcic, Serbia
2006	2.	Junior European Championship in Rome	Welter	after RSC victories in the 3rd round over Alexandru Parwu, Romania and in the 2nd round over Frencis Foley, Ireland , a point win over Peter Mullenberg, Netherlands (25:15) and a point defeat against Norbert Harcsa , Hungary
2006	9.	Junior World Championships in Agadir	Welter	after a point win over Martin Lynch, Ireland (28:18) and a point defeat against Julio Iglesias , Cuba (8; 24)
2007	9.	Junior European Championship in Sombor	Welter	after an RSC victory in the 3rd round over Legbeida, Israel and a point defeat against Alexander Spirko, Serbia (9:18)
2010	9.	EM in Moscow	medium	after a point win over Peter Mullenberg (7-0) and a point defeat against Darren O'Neill , Ireland (1:11)
2010	2.	19th Commonwealth Games in New Delhi	medium	after RSC victory in the second round over Andrew Komela, Kiribati , points wins over Damien Hooper , Australia (+3: 3), Lukmon Lawal, Nigeria (10: 0) and Vijender Kumar , India (4: 3) and a point defeat against Eamon O'Kane , Ireland (4:16)
2010	1.	Championship of Great Britain	medium	after winning points over Frank Buglioni, England (15: 2) and Kieron Harding, Wales (8: 4)
2011	1.	62nd Strandja Memorial in Pazardzhik / Bulgaria	medium	after winning points over Dimitri Mitrofanow, Ukraine (2: 1), Artur Chatschatrjan , Armenia (+2: 2), Glodi Eneste, Norway (4: 3) and Marian Momchev, Bulgaria (3: 2)
2011	2.	Gee-Bee ornament in Helsinki	medium	after winning points over Joni Polischuk, Finland (11: 0) and Leon Chartoy, Sweden (5: 4) and a point defeat against Jason Quigsley, Ireland (5:13)
2011	17th	EM in Ankara	medium	after a point defeat against Jaba Khositashvili , Georgia (13:14)

English championships

year	space	Weight class	Result
2006	3.	Welter	after RSC defeat in the 4th round in the semi-finals against Joseph Selkirk
2008	1.	Welter	after winning points in the final over Luke Robinson (13: 4)
2009	3.	medium	after losing points in the semifinals against Kirk Garrey (5-7)
2010	1.	medium	after winning points in the final over Hosea Burton (3: 1)

International battles

year	place	encounter	Weight class	Result
2005	Lowestoft	England versus Italy (Juniors)	up to 71 kg	RSC victory in the 2nd round over Emanuele Musone
2010	Basingstoke	England versus Sweden	medium	Points victory over Andy Neylon, England (insert match)
2010	Cardiff	England against "Rest of the World"	medium	Points win over Jason Quigley, Ireland (7: 9)

Explanations

• WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Welter weight, up to 69 kg, middle weight, up to 75 kg body weight
• RSC = "Referee Stops Contest" = the referee has stopped the fight

Professional career

Ogogo made his professional debut against Kieron Gray on April 27, 2013 in Sheffield and won by TKo in the second round. After eleven wins in a row, he lost prematurely to fellow countryman Craig Cunningham in October 2016. In the fight against Cunnigham, Ogogo suffered a serious eye injury, with complicated facial fractures and severe visual disturbances. After longing for a comeback in the ring, he followed the advice of doctors in March 2019 and announced his retirement from professional boxing.