Anthony Joshua latest: Boxer’s team members named as two killed in Nigeria car crash which injured heavyweight
Anthony Joshua car crash victims identified as his ‘close friends’
- Anthony Joshua’s team has confirmed that two of his friends and teammates, Sina Ghami and Latif ‘Latz’ Ayodele, were killed in the fatal car crash in Nigeria.
- Latz, who had been by Joshua’s side for the past decade, was seen with the boxer playing table tennis in a video shared on Instagram stories just four hours before news broke of the car crash.
- Ghami played a key role in Joshua’s recent training camp and fight against Jake Paul, providing deep-tissue massages and assisting with stretching.
- Joshua is “conscious” and has spoken to his family after the crash. Authorities say he and another man in the hospital are in “stable” condition.
- Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu spoke with Joshua over the phone to offer his condolences over the deaths of his team members, and said Joshua’s mother was reportedly “deeply appreciative” of the call.