'My boy loves my shiner':
Anthony Joshua's mother brings his son to see him after babysitting during the fight that could see him make £500million, as defeated Klitschko heads out for dinner with his girlfriend
- Anthony Joshua, 27, defeated Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley on Saturday night
- Spent following day with mother Yeta Odusanya and his 18-month-old son, JJ
- Vowed to become billionaire and richest boxer ever after winning £15million
- But promised to first pay £120 laundrette bill near ex-council house he lives in
- Joshua bought the house in Golders Green for £174,000 for his mother in 2013
Anthony Joshua today said his son 'loves my shiner' as he was re-united with 18-month-old JJ after months of gruelling training and an even tougher fight.
The boxer's mother Yeta Odusanya was today seen returning JJ to the ex-council house in north London where Joshua still lives with her.
After the bout against Wladimir Klitschko that that won him both a £15million purse and a fearsome black eye, the humble father spent the day with his mother and JJ.
He has now vowed to become the richest boxer ever, overshadowing Floyd Mayweather's £540million fortune, after becoming a household name overnight.
But speaking after the legendary win, he said his first priority will be to finally settle a £120 bill at his local launderette, where he still washes his clothes.
His mother babysat during the fight and was seen bringing his 18-month-old son home to see his father today, and Joshua said the boy loves the 'shiner' he sustained.
The gruelling fight with Wladimir Klitschko won him a £15million purse and he is now tipped to one day overshadow the £540million fortune of Floyd Mayweather
The mother of heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, Yeta Odusanya, 51, was pictured smiling proudly today, after he son's stunning victory at Wembley Stadium
Felled hero Wladimir Klitschko, 41, was spotted leaving Roka Restaurant today in Fitzrovia, London, wirh his fiancé
Asked if he was ready to meet his adoring fans there, Joshua said: 'First off, I’ve got to pay my bill. It’s very big,' reports The Sun.
'Am I ready for that? I'm a people person,' added Joshua, who has overnight become a household name after a dramatic fight that won him fans all over Britain.
Joshua said he hoped to become a millionaire when he first started boxing, but he now hopes to become boxing's first billionaire.
His promoter, Eddie Hearne, said that Joshua will become bigger than David Beckham, with huge public appeal that goes beyond boxing.
'His commercial potential outside the ring is huge, way beyond Beckham and the world’s top footballers. He has a much bigger cross-over in terms of potential,' he said.
The 27-year-old boxer spent yesterday reconnecting with his mother Yeta Odusanya, 51, and his baby son after several gruelling months of training away.
Speaking following Saturday night's showdown at Wembley in front of 90,000 people, Joshua admitted his mother had said she was proud of his triumph.
AJ's mum babysat during the fight and was seen bringing the 18-month-old home to see his father today.
The father-of-one still lives with Yeta and their dog Roxy in a former council flat in north London, which he bought her for £174,000 after turning professional in 2013.
Discussing speaking to his mother prior to the fight, Joshua said: 'We spoke on Facetime and she said she was proud of me.'
Then for the benefit of the assembled media he played a tape of her shouting 'Wow' and putting on his son JJ to gurgle down the phone.
For the past decade, Joshua has been in an on/off relationship with he mother of his child, former school friend Nicole Osbourne, who he bought a £500,000 flat not far from his home.
Though the 6ft 6in and 17 stone star is currently single, there is however one woman that will come before any others – his mother.
He has previously credited the close-relationship with Mrs Odusanya as being key to his rapid rise from amateur to becoming a boxing superstar – having now claimed the WBA, IBF, and IBO heavyweight titles.
The father-of-one still lives with Yeta and their dog Roxy in a former council flat in North London, which he bought for her for £174,000 after turning professional in 2013
After first winning his world title, Joshua shared an image of his son and said he was looking forward to spending some time with him
But he is so fiercely protective that since winning Olympic gold at London 2012 he has not let Yeta watch his fights be it live or even on TV.
Yesterday however he conceded: 'Since all the gang were together I reckon that mum watched it with them on the TV.
'If so then she will have seen why I didn't want her there. This is a pretty brutal sport.'
Joshua said his mother, pictured today, spoke to her on the phone and said she was proud of him after the fight
Mrs Odusanya was spotted leaving their flat yesterday looking mightily relieved her son had survived the epic bout.
Asked if she was proud of him, she simply gave a double thumbs up and a big grin before climbing into the £80,000 white Range Rover he had bought her.
Despite earning roughly £15million for the fight, Joshua told a press conference that all he wanted to do following the fight was to go back to ‘normal living’ by having a lie-in and eating some of his mother’s home-made cooking.
Asked what his plans were for Sunday at the post-match press conference, he told reporters: ‘I’m a good man, I’m a family man, and I love life.
'How do I plan to celebrate? Wake up midday for once. Wake up midday and then catch up with my family
'Normally I take a holiday, but I think this time what I’m going to do is just pop round to some of my family’s house and catch up.
'Because we spend quarter of the year training, and then normally you go on holiday and then straight back into training camp. I don’t want to do that, I want to catch up with family. And that’s it. Go back to normal living.’
One of four children, Joshua grew up on the Meridean Estate in Watford and left school aged 16 after falling in with the wrong crowd.
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| The champion looms large over the fallen Klitschko |
Former champion Klitschko didn't make it easy for him, coming back strong in the fifth and sixth rounds, at which point it looked all but over for Joshua
After falling in with a bad crowd, he quit school aged 16 and two years later he was a jobbing bricklayer devoting weekends to drinking and going out clubbing.
But it was aged 18 that he became ‘hooked’ on boxing at Finchley Boxing Club which later led him to clearing up his act and winning Olympic gold at London 2012.
In October 2015, his then girlfriend Nicole Osbourne, who works as a dance teacher and appears in pole-dancing videos on YouTube, gave birth to their son Joseph.
Living just two miles away, he visits regularly when he is living at home with his devoted mother.
A bruised looking Joshua laughs joyfully having secured another of the alphabet titles to add to his arsenal. Brash American Deontay Wilder and New Zealand slugger Joseph Parker hold the others
Following a fight last year, he said: ‘I’ll take the belt home and she’s proud, but I want to keep our mother-son relationship on a level and not be like she favours me as her son because I’m world champion.’
Last week, Mrs Odusanya said: ‘We’re very close, we always have been from day one, he’s my only son.
‘We live together and he’s always looking out for me. I still can’t watch his fights, I get really nervous and I do worry about him.’
Joshua, who has two sisters and a brother, has previously told how he did not want his fame and success to jeopardise his relationship with his mother.
Following a fight last year, he said: ‘I’ll take the belt home and she’s proud, but I want to keep our mother-son relationship on a level and not be like she favours me as her son because I’m world champion.’
Wladimir Klitschko and fiancee Hayden Panettiere seemed in positive spirits despite the loss. Klitschko took time to sign autographs after leaving the Japanese restaurant in Fitzrovia
Klitschko and Panettiere met at a book launch party for mutual friend in 2009 – and quickly began dating. They have a three-year-old daughter together called Kaya
The grounded boxer has told previously how he still helps her with chores around the house. In an interview, he said: ‘I’ll still do that, buying the milk, eggs, anything like that.’
He added: ‘The only thing I ask mum to help me with is my food, so she does most of the shopping, gets the fish, meat and chickens and stuff. But I do more than my fair share when I’m at home.’
In another interview with the London Evening Standard last year, he said: ‘I still live at home. Mum’s cooking is amazing and it is great to have my family so close.
‘Mum is used to the way I have to train now so she makes amazing food to help me recharge and prepare for fights.’
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