King of Shaves is delighted to announce its sponsorship of young boxing star Anthony Ogogo.Anthony is aged 18 and is from Lowestoft. In his chosen sport of boxings his achievements to date include:
Junior Olympic Champion, 2004.
World Cadet Champion, 2005.
Silver Medal in Under 19 European Championships, 2006.
Winner of English ABA Title, 2005 & 2006.
Winner of Four Nations ABA Title, 2005 & 2006.
See more updates and news from Anthony below.
Middleweight campaigner
Update: April 2009
I have had a very difficult last few months but I am finally back and competing again and feeling better than ever.Whilst winning the senior ABA championships I suffered a SLAP lesion tear in my left shoulder in the quarter finals, instead of pulling out I was determined to carry on and win the ABA championships which I did although it made the injury worse. I had an operation in September to fix my shoulder which meant I had to endure a painful rehabilitation. The surgeon said I wouldn’t be able to throw a proper punch in 6 months which would have been March this year (2009), however I was determined to box in the ABA's again this year and retain my title. So thanks to some great physio and hard work I managed to turn the 6 months into 4 months and I am currently in the ABA's. I have had two fights so far both ending in knock out victories; I am in the pre-quarterfinal stage of the championships where I am taking on the home counties champion before the quarterfinal stage starts proper.
As my final was in May of last year it meant I was out of the ring for 10 months which was horrible. In the lay off i was forced to move up in weight category from welterweight 69kg to middleweight 75kg because without being able to train or compete it made my natural weight move up to around 82kg so losing 13kg to make 69kg would be impossible so I'm now campaigning at middleweight. It usually takes boxers a while to 'acclimatise' to a new weight but I'm currently feeling great and hoping to win consecutive championships at two weights.
Big Brother watch out
Update: 3 January 2007
Big Brother watch out - Anthony has been selected as one of the housemates appearing in the revamped popular reality show. Everyone here at King of Shaves wishes Anthony the best of luck!
Angelfish Hunk
Update: December 2007
Anthony was selected, along with fours others, to star in the Angelfish 2008 Screensaver Calendar for women. The photo shoot happened at a south London boxing gym in early December and the screensaver (the sister version to the Fish for Boys calendar) will be available in late December / early January.
Click here to download the Angelfish for Ladies screensaver.
Click here to download the Fish for Men screensaver.
