{"id":381395,"date":"2026-01-01T11:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T11:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/381395\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T11:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T11:51:09","slug":"british-boxer-anthony-joshua-released-from-hospital-after-car-crash-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/381395\/","title":{"rendered":"British boxer Anthony Joshua released from hospital after car crash in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2251948644-scaled-e1767259399764-1024x684.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" class=\"image-next-root\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Article_ImageCaptionCredit__mkXi_ article-image-caption-credit Typography_body1__xfKuc inherit Typography_base__jzSqr\"> Leonardo Fernandez\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Joshua was released from hospital after spending two nights under observation following a car crash in Nigeria which killed two of his close friends.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old British heavyweight was discharged on Wednesday evening, a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/followlasg\/status\/2006522570095603895?s=46&amp;t=iNues8Upz4x330BTTi1pPQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">statement from the Ogun and Lagos states<\/a> confirmed, describing\u00a0him as \u201cheavy hearted\u201d over the loss of his friends.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua\u2019s team members Sina Ghami and Latif \u2018Latz\u2019 Ayodele were killed when the Lexus SUV they were travelling in along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6925572\/2025\/12\/29\/anthony-joshua-car-crash-nigeria\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">British heavyweight collided with a stationary lorry<\/a> near Lagos in Nigeria on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Ogun and Lagos state statement added Joshua visited the funeral home where his friends were \u201cbeing prepared for repatriation\u201d after he left hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time heavyweight champion suffered minor injuries in the crash and did not require surgery. The driver of the vehicle also escaped without serious injury.<\/p>\n<p>Eddie Hearn paid tribute to Joshua\u2019s close friends and team members earlier on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRest in peace Latz and Sina,\u201d Hearn, who has promoted Joshua throughout his professional career, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DS7qCYsAAfr\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">posted on Instagram.<\/a> \u201cYour energy and loyalty among so many other great qualities will be deeply missed. Praying for strength and guidance for all their family, friends and of course AJ during this very difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghami worked as Joshua\u2019s strength and conditioning coach focussing on recovery and has been involved in his team for over a decade. \u201cLatz\u201d was a long-time friend who also worked in the fitness industry.<\/p>\n<p>They were all on holiday in Nigeria, where Joshua\u2019s parents were born, and were travelling to Lagos when the tragic accident occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Watford-born Joshua defeated American influencer Jake Paul on December 19 in Miami. The plan was for him to fight in Saudi Arabia in February before a potential bout with British rival Tyson Fury in September.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations are still ongoing into the accident and how it occurred.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leonardo Fernandez\/Getty Images Anthony Joshua was released from hospital after spending two nights under observation following a car&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,4963,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-381395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-olympics","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}