A devastating car accident on Nigeria’s Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday has left the boxing world reeling, with two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua hospitalized following the collision that claimed the lives of his two closest team members. Joshua, 36, suffered minor injuries and remains in a stable condition at a hospital near Sagamu in Ogun State, roughly 30 miles from Lagos.
Anthony Joshua Hospitalized Following Fatal Car Crash in Nigeria
The incident unfolded around 11 a.m. local time when the black Lexus SUV carrying Joshua struck a stationary truck along the busy expressway in Makun. Sina Ghami, Joshua’s strength and conditioning coach of over a decade, and Latif ‘Latz’ Ayodele, his personal trainer, were pronounced dead at the scene.