"I like being about 228, that's about 16-and-a-half stone, I'll be fast and explosive, I'll be big, but I'm also agile and when I get over that I become a bit less flexible. "I need a whole different kind of cardiovascular system so I've hit the cardio hard when I heard that this match was gearing up and I've lost about ten pounds because I didn't need the extra weight around my hips and shoulders.
"I've increased my cardio because I'm wrestling Cody and he's probably in my opinion the best wrestler in the world, so if he takes me to the trenches it's very different to boxing. "I last boxed at 160, I think I weighed in at 158 or 159, now I'm 222, which is actually a bit less than my debut match where I weighed in at 232," he said.
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He appears weekly on their show 'Dynamite', which is one of the top rated cable shows in the US and airs on ITV in the UK, and will face top star Cody Rhodes at the 'Double or Nothing' pay-per-view this weekend.Īnd speaking to Mirror Fighting, Ogogo discussed how he went from a 160 lb welterweight contender to a massive 222lb professional wrestler with some cardio and weights training and a strict diet. At the NJPW Battle in the Valley PPV, after Impact World Champion Moose defeated Juice Robinson, Jonah teased a face-off with Moose, but then attacked Robinson. The former professional boxer, who won a bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympics, retired from the sport due to injury in 2019 and has since moved to America to join fledgling pro wrestling promotion AEW. IMPACT (IMPACTWRESTLING) NovemJonah recently made his debut in New Japan Pro Wrestling too. Olympic medalist Anthony Ogogo is almost unrecognisable as he gears up to make his pay-per-view debut for All Elite Wrestling this Sunday.