Boxer Anthony Joshua stable after deadly car crash in Nigeria

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British former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua was involved in a car accident in Nigeria's Ogun State that killed two of his close friends, promoter Matchroom Boxing said on Monday (Dec 29).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/5xd6m7ur  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Eyewitness video shows boxer Anthony Joshua in what appeared to be the moment after he was

00:05involved in a deadly car accident in Nigeria on Monday. This occurred just over a week after

00:11he knocked out American social media star Jake Paul in Miami. Ogun State Police Command said

00:18Joshua, a British former heavyweight champion, was in a vehicle that collided with another car,

00:23leaving two people dead, but that the boxer sustained only minor injuries.

00:28Promoter Matchroom Boxing said the two people killed were members of Joshua's training team

00:32and his close friends. It also confirmed that the boxer was stable and had been taken to hospital

00:38for checks and treatment, though he would remain under observation. Nigeria's Federal Road Safety

00:44Corps said preliminary findings suggest the vehicle was likely speeding when it lost control during an

00:49overtaking maneuver and crashed into a stationary truck parked by the roadside along the Lagos

00:55Ibadan Expressway. Two of the five men involved in the accident walked away unhurt. Authorities did

01:01not say who was driving the car carrying Joshua. Joshua is expected to fight longtime rival and fellow

01:07British boxer Tyson Fury in 2026.

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