Anthony Joshua walks to the ring before the heavyweight bout during Jake Paul v Anthony Joshua at Kaseya Center on December 19, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Photo by Ed Mulholland/Getty Images for Netflix.

Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua was hurt in a deadly car crash in Nigeria. According to ESPN, local police have confirmed the British Nigerian fighter suffered minor injuries in a collision that killed two other passengers.

“The vehicle conveying Anthony Joshua, a Lexus SUV, was involved in the accident under circumstances that are currently being investigated,” a statement from Ogun State Police Command read. “He was seated in the rear of the vehicle, sustained minor injuries and is receiving medical attention. Tragically, two other passengers in the vehicle lost their lives at the scene.”

The two-time heavyweight champion was traveling in the back of a Lexus SUV on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway near his ancestral hometown of Sagamu when the vehicle was involved in the crash. According to the local government, Joshua was transported to a specialist medical facility in Lagos and his condition is reportedly stable.

Police also told ESPN that Joshua’s vehicle hit a stationary truck that was parked along the side of the road. It has not been confirmed which vehicle the two people killed were in.

“The accident happened as a result of a burst tire on AJ’s vehicle, which caused the driver to lose control and the vehicle to swerve into the stationary truck parked along the road,” Ogun State Police Commissioner Lanre Ogunlowo told ESPN. “For now, I’m aware of two fatalities and Joshua himself has been taken to the hospital for medical attention.”