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Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.
Anthony Joshua MBE is a British heavyweight boxer, Olympic gold medallist and two-time former unified world heavyweight champion.
Anthony was born in 1989 and grew up in Watford. When he was 11, he moved with his mother to Nigeria, her home country, and attended a boarding school there for several months. When the family returned to Watford, Anthony took part in football and athletics at school, although he recalls that he didn’t enjoy sport in the freezing winter conditions.
After school he briefly studied music technology, and worked as a bricklayer, but mostly drifted. When he found himself banned from Watford town centre, he moved to Edgware and started going to the gym. His cousin Ben Ileyemi, a keen boxer, invited him to his local boxing gym in Finchley. Anthony, then aged 18, and with no boxing experience, decided to enter the ring himself. Within five years, he won a gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics. He turned professional in 2013 and has become one of the most high-profile boxers in the world.
Anthony lives in London.
DISC ONE: Waiting in Vain – Bob Marley & The Wailers
DISC TWO: Hometown Glory – Adele
DISC THREE: Water No Get Enemy – Fela Kuti
DISC FOUR: Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
DISC FIVE: One More Chance Freestyle – Skrapz
DISC SIX: Shut Up – Stormzy
DISC SEVEN: The Godfather Pt. I: Love Theme From “The Godfather” – Nino Rota
DISC EIGHT: Agape – Nicholas Britell
BOOK CHOICE: A Bear Grylls survival book
LUXURY ITEM: A punchbag
CASTAWAY’S FAVOURITE: Agape – Nicholas Britell
Presenter: Lauren Laverne
Producer: Sarah Taylor
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