Anthony Joshua / Men's Health

Anthony Joshua by David Venni for Men’s Health

I interviewed boxer Anthony Joshua for the cover of the December 2016 issue of Men’s Health, which entailed shadowing the then-heavyweight champion of the world as he trained at a public gym (really more a health club), which was surreal, then going back to the ex-council flat in Golder’s Green where he lived with his mum, which was also surreal. I conducted the interview while he lay shirtless on a massage table in the living room, having ultrasound on his shoulder and shovelling a bowl of his mum’s home cooking into his mouth.