British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua was injured on Monday in a freeway crash in Nigeria that reportedly left two different folks lifeless.
The 2-time world heavyweight champion, who beat YouTube character Jake Paul by knockout in a bout simply over per week in the past in Miami, was in a automobile concerned in a crash and was taken to a neighborhood hospital, Ogun Police consultant Lanre Ogunlowo confirmed to CBS Information on Monday.
Ogunlowo stated he couldn’t affirm the character of Joshua’s accidents, nor that different folks had been killed within the crash.
Photographs printed by Nigerian outlet Punch Newspapers, which reported the 2 fatalities, confirmed Joshua sitting within the again seat of a automobile with no shirt on, seemingly alert and with out severe seen accidents, however with damaged glass round him after the crash.
Punch stated the crash occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway when the automobile he was driving in collided with a truck.
Joshua was born in Britain to Nigerian mother and father and sometimes visits the African nation.
CBS Information’ Delphine Reau in London contributed to this report.
