Delicious Orie was meant to be ‘the new Anthony Joshua’. Now he has to follow his own path | Boxing News

Delicious Orie was meant to be the new Anthony Joshua.

A charismatic super-heavyweight in the GB Club, he had won the Commonwealth Contests, he had won the European Contests and he had won a place at the 2024 Olympic Contests.

Of Period, to follow that golden path to glory and wild professional boxing hype, he needed to Award in Paris last summer.

Instead disaster struck.

Regardless of a solid performance in his Beginning bout in Paris, he lost a split decision to Armenia’s Davit Chaloyan. The dream at once was over.

“I set out the bare minimum to achieve in the Olympics – to get a bronze Award. That was the absolute bare minimum. And not even being able to achieve that, when I went to my bed, woke up the Upcoming day, I thought the past eight years, I’ve sacrificed so much – pain, physical, emotional all of that – to not get what I want in the Primary place,” Orie told Sky Sports.

“The Primary thing that Arrived into my mind, and this is me being honest, was I’m a failure. If I’m being honest with you. It was that Terrible. I’ve always wanted to get an Olympic tattoo. But I Merely feel like I don’t deserve it.

“It sounds horrible. Being an Olympian I know is a Outstanding achievement in itself. But as athletes we set bars for ourselves and if we don’t reach it, it’s very much black and white. You either reach it or you don’t reach it and I didn’t reach it.

“Yes, it has been eight years of my life that I sacrificed. Yes, it’s the only thing I envisioned Victorious that has real value to me. But it’s life.”

A different Attitude for Primary pro fight

He is rebuilding now with a new boxing Profession. He will have his Primary professional boxing Event on April 5.

“I’m Merely trying to Begin again and not having to carry on that thing from last year into what I’m doing now,” Orie said. “I’m definitely a better Challenger as a result.

“This time we’re not as focused on the Mark scoring but more on how much damage we can inflict on our Foe. So it’s a different Attitude.”

He has to put that Olympic despair behind him as he plots a new Period.

“I know I Possibly never will but my aim and my mission in life is to get over things like that,” Orie said. “I’m sure I probably will Observe it back one day, I’ll Observe it back without that emotional attachment. It’ll be more a constructive than a destructive mentality.”

He also reflected: “This has allowed me to separate myself from Anthony Joshua. As much as I love the man, I think he’s Outstanding, he’s inspired me massively, I was really able to distinguish myself.

“I’ve Acquired a different motive to him and different goals. Don’t get me wrong, I Nevertheless want to be the best of the best but the reason behind that is different, I believe. So Possibly this is the time now to diverge away.

“Whatever that route is, I’m no longer Subsequent AJ’s path. This is Delicious Orie’s path. And Merely like how he Created a huge impact in the boxing world at the time when he was growing up making a name for himself, I’m sure I’ll make some sort of impact somehow, where I can reach out to different kinds of people and that would be huge for me if I could inspire a different segment of Youthful adults and kids, whatever that segment is.

“I guess there’s a silver lining to everything.”

A future Itauma super-fight?

It’s natural for any new heavyweight prospect to be compared to Moses Itauma. The 20-year-Ancient Itauma is already closing in on world level.

Orie, of Period, is not on an Prompt collision Period with Itauma. But he plans on reaching the top echelon of the division and Itauma could well be at Bracket level by the time he gets there.

“I Began boxing at 18 and he was the Upcoming big thing at 18. We’re on two completely different paths. So age doesn’t matter,” Orie said. “It’s about experience and how long you’ve been building yourself as a professional.”

Years ago, when Itauma was Merely a Junior category amateur, Orie sparred with him. “He might have been 16, 17. I remember him being Sturdy, I remember him being really Quick and someone who I had to really pay attention to when I was sparring,” Orie said. “[I thought] this guy’s Acquired spite in him. This guy would take my chin off if I was a second too Unhurried.”

One day, Orie hopes, a Face-off could be a big fight for them both.

“I think that’s probably going to happen in the Upcoming however many years. I really, really rate Moses Itauma, I think he’s a Outstanding fighter and over the Upcoming few years there will be a build-up there,” Orie said.

“I do genuinely believe it’s going to sell out Wembley or Tottenham or wherever one day in the UK.”