Boxing-Joshua pays tribute to friends killed in Nigeria crash


Boxing - Jake Paul v Anthony Joshua - Kaseya Center, Miami, Florida, U.S. - December 19, 2025 Anthony Joshua during his fight against Jake Paul REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo

Jan 30 (Reuters) - British ‌former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua ‌has paid tribute to his two ‌close friends who died in a car accident in Nigeria last month.

Joshua, 36, sustained minor injuries in ‍the crash in Nigeria ‍which killed his strength ‌and conditioning coach Sina Ghami and his ‍trainer ​Latif 'Latz' Ayodele.

"It's tough. It's really tough. I'm not going to sit ⁠here and show all of my ‌emotions," Joshua said in the video posted on social ⁠media.

"One ‍day my time will come and I'm not scared either at all.

"It's actually comforting ‍knowing I got two brothers ‌on the other side.

"I've lost people before, but I don't think I've lost people like that. My left and my right."

The accident occurred just a week after Joshua had knocked out Jake Paul in a ‌bout in Miami. He is expected to fight fellow Briton Tyson Fury this year but his ​next bout has not been announced.

(Reporting by Karan Prashant Saxena in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)

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