Anthony Ogogo , the Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins star, cheekily confessed that a little bedroom action has been the secret ingredient to enhancing his performance in sports. The 35 year old pro boxer is among the celebs taking on the gruelling challenges of this year's Celebrity SAS, joining personalities such as TOWIE's Bobby Norris, Strictly Come Dancing's Pete Wicks , actor John Barrowman, and journalist Rachel Johnson. But it was back in 2015 when Anthony - an Olympic bronze medallist in Men's amateur boxing from the London 2012 games - shared with OK! his somewhat unconventional method for achieving success in the boxing ring: sex.
In an exclusive interview alongside then-fiancée Casey Wicks, he revealed: "Before one fight I thought, let's just do it, and we did, and the next day I knocked the guy out in the first round." Casey didn't hold back, swiftly adding her own witty take by saying: "I'd like to take credit for that!" After getting engaged in 2014, the couple made it official and got married in 2017. On a more romantic note, Anthony recounted the beginnings of their relationship, disclosing that they first met "in swimming class when we were seven" though it wasn't until eight years later at the age of 15 that their romance really began to spark.
He fondly remembered a turning point: "I was meant to go to Disneyland Paris on a school trip but found out that Casey was doing sports instead," he shared. "So I stayed home to do what she was doing and we finally got.