Anthony Joshua in hospital after horror car crash as Eddie Hearn provides health update

Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has provided a health update on Anthony Joshua after the heavyweight boxer suffered injuries in a fatal crash that killed two.

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Anthony Joshua is in hospital after suffering ‘minor injuries’ in a fatal car crash in Nigeria, which killed two people. It has been reported that the former heavyweight champion was travelling in a Jeep and collided with a stationary truck while travelling on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in the southwest of Nigeria.

Mirror Sport spoke to Eddie Hearn, his promoter, who is currently on holiday in the Caribbean and had only just found out about the crash. Hearn understood that Joshua was OK and on his way to the hospital, but had no further information to give.

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An eyewitness told local newspaper Punch: “It was a two-vehicle convoy: a Lexus SUV and a Pajero SUV. Joshua was seated behind the driver, with another person beside him. There was also a passenger sitting beside the driver, making four occupants in the Lexus that crashed. His security detail was in the vehicle behind them before the crash.

“Other eyewitnesses and I began the rescue and flagged down oncoming vehicles to assist. A few minutes after the crash, officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps arrived. The passenger beside the driver and the person beside Joshua died on the spot.”

The Times have reported that Joshua’s vehicle swerved into the truck after a tyre burst and lost control, with the local police now investigating the incident.

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Following his win over Paul, AJ took the microphone and called out his heavyweight foe. He said: “We shook off the cobwebs and I can’t wait to roll into 2026.

“And if Tyson Fury’s as serious as he thinks he is, and he wants to put down his Twitter fingers and put on some gloves and come and fight one of the realest fighters out there that will take on any challenge, step into the ring with me next.

“If you’re a real bad man, don’t do all that talking, ‘AJ this, AJ that,’ let’s see you in the ring and talk with your fists.”