Anthony Joshua: Pro fights are entertainment but going for gold is pressure

Anthony Joshua is still three weeks from his ­professional debut but the Olympic super heavyweight champion already knows where he wants to end up. In the ring, another Muhammad Ali, out of it, David Beckham.

Sitting in his promoter Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom offices in Essex, Joshua has just been telling me how, while learning to box in a Finchley gym, he watched a lot of Mike Tyson. But he quickly adds: “I am not going to be Tyson. I’m going to be completely different.”