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British boxer Antoine Joshua was injured in a car accident that claimed the lives of two people.
Joshua, 36, was driving on Nigeria’s busiest highway, the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, on Monday, December 29, when the incident took place. Local police confirmed to BBC that Joshua was “fine”, despite some minor injuries.
The Ogun State Police Command also confirmed to the British publication that the accident left two people dead. Joshua, along with others injured in the incident, were taken to “an undisclosed hospital,” police said.
Several photos shared on social media appear to show a shirtless Joshua being removed from the vehicle.
An eyewitness statement shared with a Nigerian media outlet claimed that Joshua was “sitting behind the driver” at the time of the accident and that there was “another person next to him” in the vehicle.
Professional boxer Anthony Joshua has been notoriously private about his love life. The former two-time heavyweight champion is known to have had a baby, Joseph “JJ” Joshua, in 2015 with dance instructor Nicole Osbourne, but he has never been photographed in public with his son’s mother. “I’ve had girlfriends,” Joshua confirmed […]
“There was also a passenger sitting next to the driver, making four occupants in the crashed Lexus,” the eyewitness said. “His security guards were in the vehicle behind them before the accident.”
Us every week has contacted Joshua’s team for further comment.
Joshua is a former two-time heavyweight champion who most recently eliminated Jake Paul in their highly anticipated match, broadcast on Netflix from the Kaseya Center in Miami on December 19.
The end of the match, which ultimately broke Paul’s jawcame after the influencer appeared to taunt Joshua by sticking out his tongue.
“It wasn’t the best performance. It wasn’t the best,” Joshua admitted after the victory. “The end goal was to ‘pin Jake Paul and hurt him.’ »
He added of the sixth-round knockout: “It took a little longer than expected.”
Joshua also praised Paul, 28, in a post-match interview.
“Jake Paul did really well and he deserves his props. It takes a real man to do this and he deserves respect for trying and trying and trying,” Joshua said. “It takes a real man to do this. We have to respect Jake Paul.”
The athlete added: “He came up against a real fighter tonight. »
Joshua began his boxing career at the age of 18 in 2009 and has received several accolades in the sport over the years. He represented Great Britain at the 2012 London Olympics and came away with a gold medal. Joshua has held the unified heavyweight title of the world twice in his career – from 2017 to 2019 and from 2019 to 2021.
“My mind is filled with a different type of pain. Just what I want to do to my opponents. I want to compete. I want to fight. I want you to hit me. Then I’m going to hit you 10 times harder,” he said. Daily Mail Sports earlier this month. “I just want to compete and that’s where I’m thinking.”
Joshua explained how he recently made some adjustments in his life that brought him to this new mindset.
“The biggest change is prayer. I’ve prayed a lot more. Whether you call it visualization affirmations or prayer, it’s self-talk, expressing what you want out of life, etc.,” he said. “The body can only do what the mind thinks. So now that I feel positive through prayer and thoughts, I have definitely improved my skills.”
