Anthony Joshua injured in deadly automobile crash

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Boxing champion Anthony Joshua was amongst these injured in a deadly automobile crash in Nigeria on Monday, officers mentioned.

Joshua was within the again seat of a automobile touring alongside the Ogun–Lagos Expressway when the crash, which left two others lifeless, occurred, in accordance with a number of studies. Nigerian officers mentioned that Joshua suffered minor accidents and was in any other case "high quality."

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Anthony Joshua fights towards Jake Paul throughout a heavyweight boxing bout at Kaseya Middle on Dec. 19, 2025. (Sam Navarro/Imagn Pictures)

"Joshua was seated behind the driving force, with one other particular person beside him," an eyewitness instructed Nigeria’s The Punch . "There was additionally a passenger sitting beside the driving force, making 4 occupants within the Lexus that crashed. His safety element was within the automobile behind them earlier than the crash."

Ogun State Police Commissioner Lanre Ogunwalo told ESPN {that a} tire on Joshua’s automobile "burst," which brought about his driver to crash into an idle truck parked alongside the highway.

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Anthony Joshua appears to be like on throughout a press convention saying his heavyweight boxing match towards Jake Paul at Kaseya Middle on Nov. 21, 2025. (Sam Navarro/Imagn Pictures)

Joshua is the son of British Nigerian mother and father. He hung out at a Nigerian boarding faculty when he was youthful, however returned to Britain after his mother and father obtained divorced.

He participated in a spectacle against Jake Paul earlier this month. He knocked out Paul of their struggle, choosing up the twenty ninth win of his skilled profession.

Joshua is a three-time heavyweight champion. He’s held the WBA Tremendous Heavyweight Championship, IBF Heavyweight Championship and WBO Heavyweight Championship. He misplaced his titles towards Oleksandr Usyk again in September 2021.