Delicious Orie’s life has revolved around the Paris Olympics, from being named after an R&B group’s vocalist to being motivated by Anthony Joshua during London 2012. At the Olympics in Paris, Delicious Orie hopes to follow in the footsteps of his sparring partner, Anthony Joshua.

The 27-year-old enters the Games having won in the European Games the previous year and the Commonwealth Games in 2022. Thus, he represents one of Team GB’s best chances to win a medal in the super-heavyweight boxing division, which AJ captured in 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.”