{"id":298516,"date":"2023-11-07T13:23:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T13:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=298516"},"modified":"2023-11-07T13:23:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T13:23:56","slug":"anthony-joshua-34-reveals-why-he-still-lives-with-his-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/anthony-joshua-34-reveals-why-he-still-lives-with-his-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua, 34, reveals why he still lives with his mother"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8216;Why would I leave my mum for some girl?&#8217;: Anthony Joshua opens up on his love life and warns future girlfriends &#8216;you&#8217;ll marry my family&#8217; as he claims he STILL lives with his mum at 34<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Anthony Joshua notoriously lives a very private life when it comes to his family\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>A future partner would have to compete with Joshua&#8217;s mother\u00a0Yeta Odusanya<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>LISTEN: Mail Sport talk all things Tyson Fury on our boxing podcast THE HOOK<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anthony Joshua has revealed why he still lives with his mother at the age of 34, insisting that any future partner would struggle to convince him to move out.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua, who moved back into his mother&#8217;s two bedroom ex-council flat in 2017 after earning an estimated \u00a315million from defeating Wladimir Klitschko, beat\u00a0Robert Helenius in August and is on the hunt for his next fight ahead of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The British boxer sat down with Louis Theroux\u00a0to discuss his close relationship with his family and warned future girlfriends they&#8217;ll need to compete with his mum,\u00a0Yeta Odusanya.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I still live with my mum,&#8217; the two-time world champion told the BBC. &#8216;In our culture, we grew up in our own family home, we support our parents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Why am I going to move out and leave my mum by herself, for some girl? Family is the most important thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/12\/77502103-12720269-Anthony_Joshua_has_revealed_why_he_still_lives_with_his_mother_Y-m-88_1699359905808.jpg\" height=\"546\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Joshua has revealed why he still lives with his mother Yeta Odusanya at the age of 34<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/12\/77501947-12720269-image-a-64_1699359164841.jpg\" height=\"506\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The heavyweight boxer sat down with Louis Theroux (right) to discuss his family life and career<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/12\/77502221-12720269-image-a-68_1699359552109.jpg\" height=\"395\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The two-time world heavyweight champion beat Robert Helenius at The O2 Arena in August<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When a girl gets with me, she ain&#8217;t just marrying me, she&#8217;s marrying my family.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The grounded boxing star, who is not publicly in a relationship, admitted that he likes to keep his personal life private as he cannot live up to the expectations people have of him.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/11\/76933461-12720269-image-a-62_1699358244637.jpg\" height=\"401\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>He continued: &#8216;Are we going to dissect everything I say and use it as a narrative to create a story? That&#8217;s why I keep myself to myself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You put all this pressure on yourself to come and be this big star and be perfect.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m telling you, they&#8217;ll pull you down. The higher you are, the bigger the drop.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Joshua was previously in an on-off relationship with the mother of his child, former school friend Nicole Osbourne, whom he once bought a \u00a3500,000 flat not far from his home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In April, the heavyweight fighter\u00a0called Laura Woods his &#8216;dream date&#8217; in a flirty interview with the presenter after his comeback win over Jermaine Franklin.<\/p>\n<p>Woods, who is now dating former Love Island star Adam Collard, asked Joshua what he thought of his career so far and the boxer replied: &#8216;I think it&#8217;s blossomed amazingly, just like you.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The flirty exchange continued as Joshua joked that former Chelsea star Ruben Loftus-Cheek had &#8216;beaten him to it&#8217; by naming Woods as his crush.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/12\/77502115-12720269-image-m-67_1699359360742.jpg\" height=\"472\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Joshua attended the US Grand Prix last month as he continues to search for his next big fight<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/11\/69423897-12720269-Flirty_It_comes_after_Anthony_Joshua_called_Laura_his_dream_date-a-61_1699358188928.jpg\" height=\"344\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The heavyweight star told popular presenter Laura Woods in April that she was his dream date<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/12\/77502279-12720269-Joshua_likes_to_keep_his_private_life_separate_from_the_boxing_w-a-75_1699359732110.jpg\" height=\"381\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/12\/77502275-12720269-The_boxer_cuts_a_joyous_figure_alongside_former_England_supersta-m-74_1699359724102.jpg\" height=\"381\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>The fighter, 34, tends to keep his life notoriously private, aside from a few snaps on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>When the popular presenter asked who his dream date was, AJ said:\u00a0You. I know Loftus Cheek has beaten me to it!&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Woods then joked that there&#8217;s no competition between the sportsmen before asking him about his current relationship status.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua said: &#8216;With boxing I didn&#8217;t want to commit because I didn&#8217;t want to go training and then I&#8217;m busy arguing with my Mrs or something and my head&#8217;s not in the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So I just decided to keep my head where it needs to be. I&#8217;ve seen good relationships and bad ones.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12720269\/Why-leave-mum-girl-Anthony-Joshua-opens-love-life-warns-future-girlfriends-youll-marry-family-claims-lives-mum-34.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Why would I leave my mum for some girl?&#8217;: Anthony Joshua opens up on his love life and warns future <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Anthony Joshua, 34, reveals why he still lives with his mother - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/anthony-joshua-34-reveals-why-he-still-lives-with-his-mother\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anthony Joshua, 34, reveals why he still lives with his mother - 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