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British boxer Anthony Joshua made his first public comments since the fatal crash on December 29 that killed two of his best friends and sent him to hospital.
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The crash killed Sina Ghami, who was Joshua’s strength and conditioning coach, and Latif ‘Latz’ Ayodele, one of his personal trainers.
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The clash comes 10 days after Joshua defeated Jake Paul in a high-profile boxing match on Netflix
The English boxer Anthony Joshua spoke for the first time since he was hospitalized after a car crash that killed two of his best friends.
Joshua, 36, was released from hospital on December 31, two days after the December 29 crash that killed Sina Ghami, his strength and conditioning coach, and Latif ‘Latz’ Ayodele, one of his personal trainers.
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The former two-time heavyweight world champion took to Instagram on Sunday, January 4 to share a photo of himself with his mother, as well as Ghami and Ayodele’s mothers, according to the BBC.
“My brother’s keeper,” Joshua captioned the post along with a pair of heart emojis.
Joshua was a passenger in a Lexus Jeep that crashed into a stationary truck while traveling along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in Makun, according to local news outlets The Punch, The Daily Sun and The Guardian. The crash happened at around 11am local time on Monday, December 29, while Joshua was reportedly in the area visiting family for the holidays, according to the BBC.
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The clash came just 10 days after Joshua beat YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in a high-profile match that aired on Netflix.
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The BBC reported that Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, who was allegedly behind the wheel of the SUV at the time of the crash, has since been charged with fatal dangerous driving, as well as reckless and negligent driving, driving without due care, and driving without a valid driver’s license. Kayode, 46, was granted bail and is expected to appear in court again on January 20, according to the outlet.
Kayode was a long-time member of Joshua’s Nigerian logistics team, according to the London Evening Standard.
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After the December 29 crash, the Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, said in a statement on X that Joshua had a “big heart and full of emotions because of the loss of his two close friends.”
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The BBC reported that the funerals for Ghami and Ayodele were held on Sunday at a mosque in London.
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