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UK boxer Anthony Joshua hurt in deadly Nigerian traffic accident

Ruth Olurounbi & Anthony Osae-Brown / Bloomberg
Ruth Olurounbi & Anthony Osae-Brown / Bloomberg • 1 min read
UK boxer Anthony Joshua hurt in deadly Nigerian traffic accident
British boxer Anthony Joshua was hurt in an accident in Nigeria when the vehicle he was in crashed into a stationary truck in which two people were killed. (Photo by Bloomberg)
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(Dec 30): British boxer Anthony Joshua has been hurt in a traffic accident in Nigeria in which two people were killed, according to police.

Joshua, a former two-time heavyweight champion, “has been taken to the hospital and he’s responding to treatment”, a spokesman for the Ogun State police command said by phone.

Posts on X show Joshua being helped out of a damaged vehicle, which according to local media reports had crashed into a stationary truck. The boxer has family roots in Nigeria according to the BBC, who reported that the accident occurred on the Ogun-Lagos expressway earlier on Monday.

The accident comes after Joshua defeated social-media-star-turned-boxer Jake Paul earlier this month in a bout in Miami that was streamed live on Netflix to an audience of 33 million.

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