A former British boxing champion opened up on an act that proved Anthony Joshua is an incredibly classy operator.
Kevin Mitchell, who won the British super featherweight title and the Commonwealth title in his 12-year professional boxing career, tragically lost his younger brother, Vinny, in 2019.
Vinny, who was also a boxer, died aged 31 when his motorcycle collided with a tree.
The tragic loss left Mitchell and his family devastated but it also had a significant financial aspect on them, too.
With Mitchell retired as a boxer, the family was under serious financial pressure to foot the bill for the funeral as well as continue their mortgage payments.
But just one phone call later and one of those financial headaches had vanished thanks to Joshua’s incredible generosity.
In an interview with Josh James, Mitchell revealed Joshua’s heart-warming gesture.
“He had so much pressure on him and let me tell you something – I’ve not said this to anyone before on podcast – but he paid for my brother’s funeral,” Mitchell revealed.
James asked Mitchell if Joshua’s kind act was because he knew the brothers, the 39-year-old responded: “Both. He knew my brother, he knew me, he knew my mum.
