{"id":293084,"date":"2023-10-10T09:23:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T09:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=293084"},"modified":"2023-10-10T09:23:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T09:23:58","slug":"footage-shows-anthony-joshua-scoring-a-stunning-free-kick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/boxing\/footage-shows-anthony-joshua-scoring-a-stunning-free-kick\/","title":{"rendered":"Footage shows Anthony Joshua scoring a stunning free-kick"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Footage shows Anthony Joshua playing football with David Beckham&#8230; as former heavyweight champion scores STUNNING free-kick in front of &#8216;childhood hero&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Footage shows heavyweight Anthony Joshua scoring an impressive free-kick\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Joshua, 33, showed that he has some serious skills with the ball at his feet\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The former champion was spotted kicking the ball around with David Beckham\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Heavyweight sensation Anthony Joshua has recently shown that he is also good with a ball at his feet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Footage shows the Brit in\u00a0Florida, paying a visit to Inter Miami&#8217;s training facilities and kicking the ball around with none other than former Manchester United star David Beckham.<\/p>\n<p>In a video uploaded to social media, Joshua captioned the post: &#8216;Kicking ball with my childhood hero.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Beckham rolled back the years with an exquisite free-kick into the corner of the net, leaving the keeper rooted to the spot.<\/p>\n<p>Next up was the former\u00a0WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight champion. The 33-year-old showed that he has some skills of his own, finessing the ball into the corner of the goal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/09\/76370433-12613771-image-a-2_1696927393525.jpg\" height=\"865\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Footage uploaded to social media shows Anthony Joshua scoring an impressive free-kick<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/09\/76370435-12613771-image-a-3_1696927415845.jpg\" height=\"703\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old was practicing free-kicks along with former Manchester United star David Beckham<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s fair to say that AJ&#8217;s strike raised a few eyebrows, with the boxing star giving the keeper no chance of saving the ball.<\/p>\n<p>Former Red Devils midfielder Beckham is currently in the news after he recently launched his Netflix documentary titled &#8216;Beckham&#8217; &#8211; which follows Posh and Becks in their personal and professional lives, going through their history together with interviews of the couple.<\/p>\n<p>In the highly-anticipated documentary, the Englishman revealed he had to be held back from Sir Alex Ferguson during their infamous row in 2003 after the legendary Scot kicked a boot at the ex-England captain.<\/p>\n<p>As for Joshua, the 33-year-old\u00a0 is currently waiting for a fight and is coming off of a stunning knockout win over Robert Helenius back in August.<\/p>\n<p>While the boxing world is itching to see Joshua step in the ring with Deontay Wilder, it looks as if fans may have to wait a little longer before they get to see the pair go head-to-head.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua could have a shot at the vacant IBF heavyweight world title after Tyson Fury&#8217;s agreed deal to fight Oleksandr Usyk opens up a fresh possibility.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN reported there was a two-way rematch clause confirming a second bout between the two, it gives the Brit a chance to fight for the IBF title.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rematch clause will allow the loser of Fury v Usyk I to force a second fight, but this will not be an undisputed bout. Should there be a rematch, it allows Joshua to face undefeated\u00a0Croatian Filip Hrgovic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/09\/76370889-12613771-image-a-5_1696927470208.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Joshua knocked out Robert Helenius in his last fight back in August at the O2<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/09\/76370413-12613771-image-a-6_1696927478184.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The former heavyweight champion is currently eyeing up a fight with Deontay Wilder\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/09\/76370423-12613771-image-a-4_1696927431116.jpg\" height=\"489\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>David Beckham has recently launched a documentary series on Netflix &#8211;\u00a0which follows Posh and Becks in their personal and professional lives<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12613771\/Anthony-Joshua-free-kick-David-Beckham-Inter-Miami.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Footage shows Anthony Joshua playing football with David Beckham&#8230; as former heavyweight champion scores STUNNING free-kick in front of &#8216;childhood hero&#8217; Footage shows heavyweight Anthony Joshua scoring an impressive free-kick\u00a0 Joshua, 33, showed that he has some serious skills with the ball at his feet\u00a0 The former champion was spotted kicking the ball around with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Footage shows Anthony Joshua scoring a stunning free-kick - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/boxing\/footage-shows-anthony-joshua-scoring-a-stunning-free-kick\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Footage shows Anthony Joshua scoring a stunning free-kick - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Footage shows Anthony Joshua playing football with David Beckham&#8230; 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