Anthony Ogogo

Big Brother Contestant
name = Anthony Ogogo


birthdate = birth date and age|1988|11|24|df=yes
location = Suffolk, flagicon|England England
born = Suffolk, flagicon|England England
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finish = 4th

Anthony Osezua Ogogo [GRO Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1984 - 2005] (born 24 November 1988 in 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. He hopes to represent Great Britain in the 2008 Olympics. Training three times a day, Ogogo's overall ambition is to become World Champion, but he would also love to become the first mixed-race James Bond. His boxing name is 'Beautiful Brown Suga'.

Personal life

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

Boxing

In 2005, Ogogo won gold at the IABA Cadet World Championships at the 70kg 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.

Ogogo faced a strong opponent in Derbenev. The first round ended with both light-middleweights seeking to physically impress themselves on each other which resulted in a low-scoring advantage to Ogogo at 4-3.

In Round Two, a now-bloodied Ogogo started to relax and find a rhythm with his jab which consistently put Derbenev on the back foot. Leading 10-6 going into the final round and with his opponent seeking bigger shots for a knockout, Ogogo cleverly opted to keep his distance sticking behind his jab and using the full area of the ring.

At the bell Ogogo finally did hit the floor - but only to bang his fists on the canvas with the joy of victory.

At the time the England manager Kevin Smith said: "I'm overjoyed. Being in your own country you want to do well. We worked extremely hard to at least register a medal. To get four and two of them gold is pure heaven. To be rubbing shoulders with the Russians and Cubans has been a fantastic experience and will benefit everyone who has been in Liverpool this week. The foundations are there now to produce future Olympic champions with London our big goal."

"Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack"

On 3 January 2008 Ogogo entered the "" house,cite news|first=Peter|last=Dyke|title=Big Brother:Meet The Contestants|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/25501/Big-Brother-Meet-the-contestants/|publisher=Daily Star|date=2008-01-03|accessdate=2008-01-03] finishing three and a half weeks later in fourth place.

ince "Big Brother"

Anthony has recently had a photo shoot for "Attitude" magazine.

Trivia

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.

His boxing club is the Triple A in Lowestoft and he can been seen out running along the town's beach.

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