British boxer Anthony Joshua. Photo: Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz
British former world heavyweight Boxing champion Anthony Joshua has been discharged from hospital after being injured in a car accident in Nigeria’s Ogun State that killed two of his friends, state governments said on Wednesday.
“Anthony Joshua was discharged from hospital late this afternoon. Though heavy hearted and full of emotions over the loss of his two close friends, he was deemed (clinically) fit to recuperate from home,” the governments of Lagos and Ogun states said in a statement posted on X.
Joshua, 36, sustained minor injuries when the vehicle he was in collided with another vehicle on Monday, killing two of his close friends and teammates.
Reports said a tyre burst on the car before hitting a stationary truck.
Joshua, who is the son of British-Nigerian parents, attended a boarding school in Ikenne, 53 miles from where the crash happened, before returning to Britain at age 12.
The accident occurred just over a week after Joshua knocked out American social media star Jake Paul in the sixth round of a bout in Miami.
Paul expressed his condolences in a X post on Monday, saying he was “praying for the lost lives, AJ and anyone impacted by today’s unfortunate accident.”
Joshua was returning to the ring after a 15-month layoff. He is expected to fight long-time rival and fellow Briton Tyson Fury in 2026.
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The British boxer was in a “stable condition” in hospital after the Monday car accident that killed two close associates.
Joshua, who recently returned to boxing and is expected to fight Tyson Fury in 2026, sustained minor injuries in the crash.
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