Boxing star Anthony Joshua injured in fatal car crash in Nigeria

Boxing champion Anthony Joshua was among those injured successful a fatal car clang successful Nigeria connected Monday, officials said.

Joshua was successful the backmost spot of a conveyance traveling on the Ogun–Lagos Expressway erstwhile the 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 the driver, with different idiosyncratic beside him," an eyewitness told Nigeria’s The Punch. "There was besides a rider sitting beside the driver, making 4 occupants successful the Lexus that crashed. His information item was successful the conveyance down them earlier the crash."

Ogun State Police Commissioner Lanre Ogunwalo told ESPN that a tyre connected Joshua’s conveyance "burst," which caused his operator to clang into an idle motortruck parked alongside the road.

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Anthony Joshua looks connected during a property league announcing his heavyweight boxing lucifer against Jake Paul astatine Kaseya Center connected Nov. 21, 2025. (Sam Navarro/Imagn Images)

Joshua is the lad of British Nigerian parents. He spent clip astatine a Nigerian boarding schoolhouse erstwhile helium was younger, but returned to Britain aft his parents got divorced.

He participated successful a spectacle against Jake Paul earlier this month. He knocked retired Paul successful their fight, picking up the 29th triumph of his nonrecreational career.

Joshua is simply a three-time heavyweight champion. He’s held the 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 combat against Jake Paul connected Dec. 19, 2025. (REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo)

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It’s unclear erstwhile Joshua volition beryllium backmost successful the ring.

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