Anthony Joshua, the Nigerian-British boxer and former world heavyweight champion, was concerned in a automobile accident that killed two different passengers in Nigeria on Monday
LAGOS, Nigeria — Anthony Joshua, the Nigerian-British boxer and former world heavyweight champion, was concerned in a automobile accident that killed two different passengers in Nigeria on Monday.
The Lagos state commissioner for data, Gbenga Omotoso, confirmed the accident in a put up on X, including that the federal government had despatched ambulances to the crash website. Native media stories say the boxer has been transferred to a hospital.
In accordance with an announcement by Olusegun Ogungbemide, spokesperson for the Federal Street Security Corps, preliminary investigations point out the automobile “to be travelling past the legally prescribed velocity restrict on the hall, misplaced management throughout an overtaking manoeuvre and crashed right into a stationary truck,” which was by the facet of the highway.
The Ogun state authorities mentioned in an announcement that “preliminary stories point out that two male overseas nationals died on the spot”. AP has not been capable of independently confirm their identities.
Images on social media present the boxer being extricated from a wrecked automobile whereas he was wincing in ache.
The accident occurred on a significant thoroughfare linking Ogun state, a close-by metropolis, to Lagos, the nation’s financial heart.
“Anthony Joshua is in an undisclosed hospital being handled for his accidents,” Lanre Ogunlowo, the commissioner of police for Ogun state, advised the AP. He mentioned he has no additional data on the accidents.
Nigeria is the homeland of Joshua’s mother and father and the place he briefly went to boarding college on the age of 11.
Joshua had lately crushed YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul on Dec. 19 in a bout in Miami, which he was utilizing to regain sharpness within the ring forward of an try and reclaim the world heavyweight title, which he misplaced in 2021 to Oleksandr Usyk.
He has been in talks to struggle fellow Briton Tyson Fury in 2026.
