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Boxing champion Anthony Joshua was among those injured successful a fatal car clang successful Nigeria connected Monday, officials said.
Joshua was successful nan backmost spot of a conveyance walking on nan Ogun–Lagos Expressway erstwhile nan crash, which near 2 others dead, occurred, according to aggregate reports. Nigerian officials said that Joshua suffered insignificant injuries and was different "fine."
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Anthony Joshua fights against Jake Paul during a heavyweight boxing bout astatine Kaseya Center connected Dec. 19, 2025. (Sam Navarro/Imagn Images)
"Joshua was seated down nan driver, pinch different personification beside him," an eyewitness told Nigeria’s The Punch. "There was besides a rider sitting beside nan driver, making 4 occupants successful nan Lexus that crashed. His information item was successful nan conveyance down them earlier nan crash."
Ogun State Police Commissioner Lanre Ogunwalo told ESPN that a tyre connected Joshua’s conveyance "burst," which caused his driver to clang into an idle motortruck parked alongside nan road.
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Anthony Joshua looks connected during a property convention announcing his heavyweight boxing lucifer against Jake Paul astatine Kaseya Center connected Nov. 21, 2025. (Sam Navarro/Imagn Images)
Joshua is nan boy of British Nigerian parents. He spent clip astatine a Nigerian boarding schoolhouse erstwhile he was younger, but returned to Britain aft his parents sewage divorced.
He participated successful a spectacle against Jake Paul earlier this month. He knocked retired Paul successful their fight, picking up nan 29th triumph of his master career.
Joshua is simply a three-time heavyweight champion. He’s held nan WBA Super Heavyweight Championship, IBF Heavyweight Championship and WBO Heavyweight Championship. He mislaid his titles against Oleksandr Usyk backmost successful September 2021.
Anthony Joshua during his conflict against Jake Paul connected Dec. 19, 2025. (REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo)
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It’s unclear erstwhile Joshua will beryllium backmost successful nan ring.
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