Anthony Ogogo reveals SICK racial abuse at Arsenal vs Norwich

Ogogo’s beloved Norwich nearly caused an cup upset after taking the lead thanks to Josh Murphy’s strike but Eddie Nketiah’s double gave the Gunners an extra-time victory.

But Ogogo, a London 2012 Olympic boxing bronze medallist, was nevertheless proud of his team and cheered them off the field.

However, a fellow Norwich fan mistook his encouragement for the cheers of a victorious Arsenal fan, abusing Ogogo, whose mother is England and father is Nigerian, for the colour of his skin.

“I was shocked. There’s no place for that in football or anywhere for that matter,” Ogogo said.

“In this day and age it’s disgusting. He said ‘go back to your own country’.”

“After the final whistle most of the Arsenal fans around me emptied out but I wanted to clap off the Norwich players because they’d given everything.

“I went to the front of the stand and was clapping and singing in time with the Norwich fans below me.

“Then my friend said it looked as if an older guy with the Norwich supporters was trying to get my attention as if he knew me.

“I bent down to listen and quickly realised he didn’t know me.

“He probably thought I was an Arsenal fan and he was shouting and swearing at me, saying pretty nasty stuff. I was flabbergasted.

“The player who scored our goal Josh Murphy is mixed-race and some of our great players have been black.

“This man must have cheered them on in his time.

“He was maybe in his seventies.

“I’m pretty thick-skinned as a professional athlete but it was really disappointing and a shame that it tarnished what should have been a nice memory for me because we played well even though we lost.”

Ogogo turned professional in 2013 but while losing to Craig Cunningham, his only defeat in 12 bouts, he suffered an eye-socket injury from which he has never fully recovered.

But he remains desperate to work his way back into the ring – but is more than happy to keep watching Norwich in the meantime.

The 28-year-old wasn’t even going to report the incident because of the negative attention it would attract for the club but Norwich themselves got in touch with him after he tweeted about it.

“We are very concerned by reports from Anthony Ogogo that he suffered racial abuse from a supporter in the Norwich section,” said the club’s statement.

“As a club we have a zero-tolerance policy on racism and all other forms of discrimination and we have contacted Anthony this morning.

“As always, any supporter found to be guilty of discriminatory abuse will be banned indefinitely by Norwich City and face possible criminal investigation.”