The owner of Anthony Joshua’s local launderette, who the heavyweight champion boxer owes £120 for washing his kit, has revealed he used to give the millionaire boxer financial advice when he was a penniless hopeful.
Muqeem Bakhtari, 32, known locally as Max, said Joshua was still regular at his Launderette in Golders Green, north London, near the ex-council flat where the fighter still lives with his mother.
The 27-year-old Joshua’s victory over two-time world champion, Wladimir Klitschko, in front of 90,000 people at Wembley on Saturday has earned him a whopping £15m, and he says he has not forgotten his unpaid bill.
Bakhtari the washerman said Joshua had been a regular since before winning his Olympic gold medal at London 2012 and his family often stopped by to pick up his laundry.
Mr. Bakhtari said washing the clothes of a boxing champion isn’t easy.
He said: “We look after his clothes extremely well. We don’t want to shrink them.
“We do it low heat because gym clothes do shrink easily; they’re worse than wool.”
Bakhtari said £120 is about two weeks’ worth of washing if you bring a bag in every day, which is what Anthony does when he’s training.
He said: “We’ll see more of his suits and shirts now he’s out the gym. I’m absolutely over the moon for him.
“But I could do with the money now; so hopefully he comes in and pays it off as soon as possible.”
Muqeem Bakhtari, 32, known locally as Max, said Joshua was still regular at his Launderette in Golders Green, north London, near the ex-council flat where the fighter still lives with his mother.
The 27-year-old Joshua’s victory over two-time world champion, Wladimir Klitschko, in front of 90,000 people at Wembley on Saturday has earned him a whopping £15m, and he says he has not forgotten his unpaid bill.
Bakhtari the washerman said Joshua had been a regular since before winning his Olympic gold medal at London 2012 and his family often stopped by to pick up his laundry.
Mr. Bakhtari said washing the clothes of a boxing champion isn’t easy.
He said: “We look after his clothes extremely well. We don’t want to shrink them.
“We do it low heat because gym clothes do shrink easily; they’re worse than wool.”
Bakhtari said £120 is about two weeks’ worth of washing if you bring a bag in every day, which is what Anthony does when he’s training.
He said: “We’ll see more of his suits and shirts now he’s out the gym. I’m absolutely over the moon for him.
“But I could do with the money now; so hopefully he comes in and pays it off as soon as possible.”
