Anthony Osezua Ogogo (born 24 November 1988 in Lowestoft

Lowestoft

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, Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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) is an international boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 who has captained Great Britain's team in the World European and Junior Olympic Tournaments. He won the Junior Olympics

Junior olympics

Junior Olympics and Jr. Olympics can refer to any one of many different sporting events and organizations around the world dedicated to youth sporting activities.*Junior Olympic Gold, American national youth singles bowling tournament...

 in 2004, picked up the Most Outstanding Boxer of the Tournament and was crowned World Under 17 Champion in 2005.

Personal life

Anthony was born to an English mother and Nigerian father. He has four sisters, Joanne, Toni, Leanne and Carly.

Boxing

In 2005, Ogogo won gold at the IABA Cadet World Championships at the 70 kg weight by beating Ruslan Derbenev of Russia

Russia

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 in the final. A 1,000-plus capacity crowd, which included Amir Khan

Amir Khan (boxer)

Amir Iqbal Khan , is a British Pakistani professional boxer who is currently the unified WBA & IBF light welterweight champion....

 and former middleweight world champion Julian Jackson

Julian Jackson

Julian Jackson is a retired professional boxer and former three-time world champion in the light middleweight and middleweight divisions...

, watched the bout at the St George's Hall in Liverpool

Liverpool

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.

He competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games

2010 Commonwealth Games

The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...

 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.

His boxing club is the Triple A in Lowestoft

Lowestoft

Lowestoft is a town in the English county of Suffolk. The town is on the North Sea coast and is the most easterly point of the United Kingdom. It is north-east of London, north-east of Ipswich and south-east of Norwich...

 and he can been seen out running along the town's beach.

Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack

On 3 January 2008 Ogogo entered the Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack

Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack

Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack was an E4 temporary replacement to Celebrity Big Brother, a spin-off series of the British reality television programme Big Brother, airing on E4, with a number of closely associated programmes also airing on the same channel...

house, finishing three and a half weeks later in fourth place.

Since Big Brother

Anthony has recently had a naked photo shoot for Attitude

Attitude (magazine)

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magazine and continues to work as a semi-professional model through his official website www.anthonyogogo.com.

Education

Ogogo went to Kirkley High School in Lowestoft

Lowestoft

Lowestoft is a town in the English county of Suffolk. The town is on the North Sea coast and is the most easterly point of the United Kingdom. It is north-east of London, north-east of Ipswich and south-east of Norwich...

 - the same school that The Darkness went to. It was also the setting for Channel 4's Rock School with Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons

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 which produced Lil' Chris

Lil' Chris

Christopher James Hardman , more commonly known by his stage name Lil' Chris, is an English singer-songwriter, DJ and television personality.-Rock School:...

 and The Upraw.

He is currently studying at East Norfolk Sixth Form College

East Norfolk Sixth Form College

East Norfolk Sixth Form College is a sixth form college in Gorleston, Norfolk.Opened in 1982 it uses the building of the former Alderman Leach Secondary Modern school. The college offers over 60 different courses including A levels and a number of other pathways in further education...

 in Gorleston

Gorleston

Gorleston-On-Sea, also known colloquially as Gorleston, is a settlement in Norfolk in the United Kingdom, forming part of the larger town of Great Yarmouth. Situated at the mouth of the River Yare it was a port town at the time of the Domesday Book. The port then became a centre of fishing for...

, Great Yarmouth.