Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has been discharged from hospital, state officials said, after he was injured in a car crash in Nigeria that killed two of his close friends.
The Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) in Ogun state, where the incident occurred, said preliminary investigations showed the vehicle was moving at excessive speed and had burst a tyre before the crash.
After leaving the hospital, the former heavyweight champion and his mother paid their respects at the funeral home where the bodies of his friends were "being prepared for repatriation", a statement said.
Nigerian police said the two victims died at the scene.
Joshua's family hails from the southwest Nigerian city and he is known to visit there when he is in the country.
Photos released by the police showed the wreckage of a black sports utility vehicle.
In December, Joshua knocked out YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in a Netflix-backed bout in Miami.
Joshua has since been linked with a fight against compatriot and fellow former world champion Tyson Fury.
Joshua's last fight before the match with Paul was a fifth round knockout loss to fellow Briton Daniel Dubois in September 2024.
