Anthony Joshua Hospitalized After Injuries from Car Crash in Nigeria, Police Announce
Former two-time unified heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has been hospitalized following a deadly car crash in Nigeria.
According to CNN's Nimi Princewill, local police in Ogun State, Nigeria, confirmed that Joshua was involved in a car crash that resulted in the deaths of two individuals on Monday.
"Anthony Joshua is well and responding to treatment," Babaseyi Boluwatife, a spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, told Princewill, adding that the boxer sustained "minor bruises."
Princewill reported that police said the crash occurred around 11 a.m. local time (5 a.m ET) on a busy stretch of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, which connects Ogun to the country's largest city of Lagos. Joshua, who is of Nigerian descent and fights out of England, has family ties in Ogun and spent some years in Nigeria during his youth.
Daily Mail Sport reported that Nigerian road safety officials said a total of five men were involved in the collision. Police did not identify the other individuals involved but confirmed that the two other occupants in the vehicle with Joshua, including the driver, were killed.
It was just 10 days ago that Joshua defeated Jake Paul by sixth-round knockout in their heavyweight main event in Miami on Netflix. In addition to holding the unified heavyweight championship twice, the 36-year-old is also a former Olympic gold medalist and has a career record of 29-4 with 26 knockouts.
