British former heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua was injured on Monday in a highway crash in Nigeria that left two people dead.
The two-time world heavyweight champion, who recently beat YouTube personality Jake Paul by knockout in a bout just over a week ago in Miami, was involved in a crash and was taken to a local hospital.
The nature of Joshua’s injuries are still not confirmed.
The two people that died in this incident are Sina Ghami and Latif “Latz” Ayodele.
Ghami & Ayodele were close friends to the boxer & members of his team.
Ghami was Anthony Joshua’s strength and conditioning coach for over a decade and was the co-founder of Evolve Gym in London.
Ayodele served as his personal trainer and was a long-time friend who had been part of Joshua’s team since his first world title victory in 2016.
Images published by Nigerian news outlet Punch Newspapers, which said two people were killed in the wreck and showed an injured Joshua sitting in the back seat of a car with no shirt on.
Anthony Joshua’s driver Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, was charged at the Sagamu Magistrate Court on Friday.
He was charged with causing death by dangerous driving amongst other charges.
Punch said the crash occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway when the car he was riding in collided with a truck.
See below the video of AJ:
This unfortunate situation has caused Nigerians to lament about the mismanagement of the country and poor infrastructure.
At the time of writing 80% of Nigeria’s roads are poor with just 15-30% being paved.
Based on a 2019 WEF report, Nigeria ranks 126th out of 141 countries when it comes to infrastructure viability.
