British former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua was involved in a car accident in Nigeria’s Ogun State that killed two people, local police said on Monday.
The 36-year-old sustained minor injuries when his vehicle collided with another car, Ogun State Police Command said.
They are investigating the cause of the accident.
According to reports, the incident happened along a busy highway of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway at 11am local time and unverified footage online appeared to show Joshua topless looking dazed in the passenger seats of a vehicle among broken glass.
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn told told Daily Mail Sport: “I am away on a family holiday and awoke to the news of this incident.
“We are trying to contact Anthony and in the meantime we don’t want to speculate on how he is but thankfully he appears OK from what I have seen in the images.
“We are awaiting more information on what has happened and will update in due course.”
Earlier this month Joshua, who is reportedly close to agreeing a long-awaited fight against Tyson Fury in Riyadh in 2026, laboured to a sixth-round victory over YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul in Miami which did little to suggest the former heavyweight world champion will return to the upper echelons of the sport.
After a 15-month absence from the ring since he was knocked out by Daniel Dubois, the 2012 Olympic champion was made to work far harder than he would have liked to extinguish the challenge of a brave, but extremely limited, opponent.
It marked a 29th win from 33 professional fights.