ANTHONY JOSHUA was the shock omission from the New Year honours List.
The WBA”Super”, IBF and IBO world heavyweight champion has enjoyed a stellar year, beating the legendary Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley.
However, having failed to finish in the top three for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year vote, despite being the clear favourite, he has now been snubbed for a New Year honour.
Joshua, who was awarded an MBE in 2012 following his gold medal at the London, has a perfect record of 20 knock outs from 20 fights — with two victories coming in 2017.
In April, he scored the biggest victory of his career so far when he KO’d Klitscko in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley.
The Ukrainian, along with his older brother Vitali, had dominated the heavyweight division for over a decade.
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However, Joshua showed why is rated so highly by overcoming a difficult period early in the bout to stop his opponent in the 11th round.
His second fight of the year came in October when he fought Carlos Takam after Kubrat Pulev had pulled out with a shoulder injury.
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The Frenchman proved troublesome for Joshua who was forced to work hard before scoring a tenth round KO.
His two impressive performances were not enough to see him on the SPOTY podium as Sir Mo Farah in first with Jonathan Rea and Jonnie Peacock in behind him.
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