Anthony Joshua was injured in an accident that killed two people in Nigeria.Image: keystone
Former British heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua was injured in a road accident in Nigeria. Two people were killed. Now further details are known.
December 30, 2025, 03:49December 30, 2025, 03:49
Boxing star Anthony Joshua has been slightly injured in a serious car accident in Nigeria that claimed two lives. The dead were team members and friends of the former world champion, said Joshua’s promoter, the Matchroom Boxing agency. Joshua suffered injuries in the accident and was taken to hospital for treatment. He will continue to be monitored there,” the statement said.
Joshua was found unconscious.Image: keystone
As an eyewitness told the BBC, Joshua was apparently unconscious. The 36-year-old was in the badly damaged vehicle for ten minutes after the accident before bystanders spoke to him and helped him regain consciousness. The exact circumstances of the accident remain under investigation.
The local police said in a statement that the luxury car in which Joshua was sitting “probably exceeded the legal speed limit on the relevant section of the route, lost control during an overtaking maneuver and crashed into a truck parked on the side of the road.” The accident is said to have occurred on a highway in Makun, Nigeria. Joshua’s parents are from Nigeria.
“I pray for the victims, for AJ”
At the time of the accident, Joshua was sitting in the back seat of the car behind the driver, and his two fatally wounded companions were on the right side of the vehicle. So in the passenger seat and the space behind it in the back seat. So Joshua’s seat may have saved his life.
Joshua sent Wladimir Klitschko into boxing retirement in a spectacular heavyweight duel in 2017 and then temporarily dominated the premier class of boxing. In recent years, the 2012 Olympic champion has suffered several defeats. In 2021 he lost all three world championship belts in a spectacular fight against Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk. Most recently, Joshua won an insignificant fight against influencer Jake Paul, but it earned him a fee of at least $30 million.
«Life is much more important than boxing. “I pray for the victims, for AJ and for everyone affected by this tragic accident,” wrote Paul on Portal X.
Sources used:
- SID news agency
- Own research