Anthony Joshua has been injured in a car crash in Nigeria, police say.
The boxer, 36, was travelling in the back of a Lexus when the SUV hit another vehicle on a busy highway.
He suffered minor injuries and has been taken to hospital for treatment, while two other people in the vehicle died, police said.
The crash happened on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Makun, around 30 miles north-west of the country’s largest city Lagos, at around 11am.
Joshua, who is the son of British-Nigerian parents, attended a boarding school in Ikenne, 53 miles from where the crash happened, before returning to Britain at age 12.
Footage posted on social media shows the British former world heavyweight champion apparently wincing in pain as he is helped out of a damaged vehicle by a crowd.
Other clips show him in an emergency vehicle, wearing only a pair of shorts, as he is driven away from the scene.
Pic: @akinyemiabdulq1/X
Pic: @akinyemiabdulq1/X
Police said in a statement the two people who died have been taken to Livewell Hospital Morgue, in nearby Sagamu, while the circumstances of the crash are “currently being investigated”.
“The Ogun State Police Command extends heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased and assures the public that a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the accident has commenced,” a statement said.
The crash happened just over a week after Joshua knocked out US YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in the sixth round of their bout in Miami.
The fight marked the end of a 14-month hiatus for Joshua, who is expected to fight long-time rival Tyson Fury
in 2026.
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