From being named after the vocalist of an R&B group to being inspired by Anthony Joshua at London 2012, Delicious Orie’s life has all been leading up to the Paris Olympics.

Delicious Orie will be looking to emulate sparring partner Anthony Joshua at the Paris Olympics.

The 27-year-old heads into the Games having triumphed at both the Commonwealth Games in 2022 and European Games last year. He’s, therefore, one of Team GB’s greatest medal hopes in the super-heavyweight boxing, which AJ won back at London 2012.

Delicious Orie is already the Commonwealth and European champion.

It’s been far from a normal path to prominence for Orie, who was born in Moscow to a Russian mother and a Nigerian father before they upped roots and moved to England due to the racism he was facing as a child.

Once settled into their new surroundings in Wolverhampton, he was once again standing out – but this time for his name. “It was hard at the start,” he admitted on BBC Breakfast two years ago.

“You know what kids are like in school and that It was quite brutal. But as I got older I started to see the benefits of it.” Mum Natalie added: “I remember when we came here and he said ‘mum, you’ve called me an adjective. I’m not even a noun’. Then in secondary school he’s like ‘all the girls knows me’.”

It was then that his dad Justin explained the musical inspiration behind the choice. He said: “The fact is I used to be a fan of a group, those days back in the nineties, called All For One. One of the group is called Delicious Kennedy. I was his fan so I was inspired.”

No one will be teasing 6’6″ Orie now, who’s gone from being inspired by Joshua to joining his camp in 2019 and forming a close friendship. The two-time world champion’s advice has proved invaluable for him.

With his sights set on turning professional after Paris, there’d be no better payoff to his amateur career than topping the podium like his idol on August 10 before then heading into the same division as him.

Anthony Joshua invited Orie into his camp as one of his sparring partners.

“I only started taking boxing seriously after I watched AJ at London 2012. That’s when it really resonated with me. That’s my first and biggest Olympic memory — until I do it,” Orie told The Sun.

“When I started, the man everyone looked up to was Anthony Joshua. From then it was in my head that I need to win a medal, because this is what GB Boxing has been doing time and time again and proved over and over again.

“So it’s only right for me to go out there and do that. To listen to the coaches and go up there and perform and just have full belief and trust in them and myself.”