Anthony Joshua was damage in a automobile crash whereas on trip in Nigeria simply 10 days after his knockout win over Jake Paul.
The British boxer was using as a passenger on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Monday morning when the crash occurred round 11 A.M. native time. Two individuals died within the accident, in response to BBC reviews.
Video footage reveals Joshua with out a shirt and in ache inside a badly broken automobile. The entrance of the car took extreme injury within the crash. Eddie Hearn, Joshua’s promoter, stated he’s making an attempt to get extra particulars about what occurred.
“I’m away on a household vacation and awoke to the information of this incident,” Hearn instructed the Every day Mail.
“We try to contact Anthony and within the meantime we don’t wish to speculate on how he’s however fortunately he seems OK from what I’ve seen within the pictures,” Hearn stated. “We’re awaiting extra data on what has occurred and can replace sooner or later.”
The crash occurred on one among Nigeria’s busiest highways, identified for heavy visitors and harmful driving circumstances. Joshua has Nigerian heritage by his father and sometimes visits the nation.
Hearn stated Joshua seems to be OK primarily based on the photographs he’s seen, however the group remains to be gathering data on his situation and the reason for the crash. Joshua was celebrating his current victory over YouTube star Jake Paul in Miami.
The previous two-time heavyweight champion knocked out Paul within the sixth spherical on December 19 on the Kaseya Middle.
The battle drew 33 million viewers on Netflix, making it one of many most-watched boxing matches lately. Joshua dropped Paul 4 occasions within the sixth spherical earlier than the referee stopped the battle.
Paul suffered a damaged jaw in two locations from the knockout punch and wanted surgical procedure. Docs stated Paul ought to take a full yr off from boxing to get well.
Joshua’s win improved his file to 29-4, with 26 knockouts. The victory moved him nearer to a possible battle with Tyson Fury, who lately retired however might return for the correct opponent.
The 35-year-old Joshua held the unified heavyweight championship twice – from 2017 to 2019 and once more from 2019 to 2021. He misplaced his titles to Oleksandr Usyk in 2021 however has been working his approach again towards one other title shot.
Joshua’s knockout of Paul was his first battle in the US since 2019. The win proved he nonetheless has the facility to compete on the highest stage of heavyweight boxing.
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