Anthony Joshua is introduced during a weigh-in ahead of his heavyweight boxing match against Jake Paul in Miami Beach. (AP Photo)
Former world heavyweight champion boxer Anthony Joshua was involved in a car crash in Nigeria on Monday with two others killed in the incident, reports said. Local police has reportedly said that Joshua was taken to hospital after the crash and he suffered minor injuries but is “fine”.
According to a BBC report, the accident happened on the Ogun–Lagos state expressway on Monday when the 36-year-old boxer was travelling in an SUV that was part of a two-vehicle convoy. The Independent, quoting eyewitnesses, reported that Federal Road Safety Corps arrived at the scene shortly after the crash.
Breaking News: Anthony Joshua in fatal crash just before Sagamu Exchange on Lagos- Ibadan Expressway. Lagos sends ambulances pic.twitter.com/2kA6wI04GF
Local media reports stated that reason behind the crash remains unclear. Confirming the accident in a post on X, the Lagos state commissioner for information, Gbenga Omotoso said the government had sent ambulances to the crash site. “Anthony Joshua in fatal crash just before Sagamu Exchange on Lagos- Ibadan Expressway. Lagos sends ambulances,” Omotoso wrote in the X post.
According to officials, Joshua’s SUV crashed into a stationary truck during overtaking while the vehicle was over speeding. Joshua was in the back seat of the car, BBC reported. Photos on social media showed boxer being taken out from the vehicle while he was in tremendous pain, AP reported.
“Anthony Joshua is in an undisclosed hospital being treated for his injuries,” police chief, under whose jurisdiction the accident took place in Lagos told AP in a statement. Th police chief further added that he isn’t aware about any further information regarding Joshua’s injuries.
Joshua, at the age of 11, went to a boarding school in Nigeria which is home of his parents. About nine days ago, Joshua had defeated YouTuber-turned boxer Jake Paul in a bout in Miami. Joshua has been aiming to reclaim the title of world heavyweight after he lost it to Oleksandr Usyk in 2021.
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Anthony Joshua is introduced during a weigh-in ahead of his heavyweight boxing match against Jake Paul in Miami Beach. (AP Photo) 
