| Anthony Ogogo | |
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| Born | 24 November 1988 Lowestoft, England |
| Television | Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack |
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| Competitor for England | ||
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| Commonwealth Games | ||
| Silver | 2010 Delhi | Middleweight |
Anthony Osezua Ogogo[1] (born 24 November 1988 in Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom) is an international boxer who has captained Great Britain's team in the World European and Junior Olympic Tournaments. He won the Junior Olympics in 2004, picked up the Most Outstanding Boxer of the Tournament and was crowned World Under 17 Champion in 2005.
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Anthony was born to an English mother and Nigerian father. He has four sisters, Joanne, Toni, Leanne and Carly.
In 2005, Ogogo won gold at the IABA Cadet World Championships at the 70 kg weight by beating Ruslan Derbenev of Russia in the final. A 1,000-plus capacity crowd, which included Amir Khan and former middleweight world champion Julian Jackson, watched the bout at the St George's Hall in Liverpool.
He competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the Middleweight (75kg) category and won a silver medal on 13th October 2010 losing in the final 16-4 points to Eammon O'Kane.[2]
His boxing club is the Triple A in Lowestoft and he can been seen out running along the town's beach.
On 3 January 2008 Ogogo entered the Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack house,[3] finishing three and a half weeks later in fourth place.
Anthony has recently had a naked photo shoot for Attitude magazine and continues to work as a semi-professional model through his official website www.anthonyogogo.com.
Ogogo went to Kirkley High School in Lowestoft - the same school that The Darkness went to. It was also the setting for Channel 4's Rock School with Gene Simmons which produced Lil' Chris and The Upraw.
He is currently studying at East Norfolk Sixth Form College in Gorleston, Great Yarmouth.