JUST IN: Anthony Joshua released from hospital after fatal road crash

British-Nigerian boxer Anthony Joshua has been discharged from a hospital in Lagos after a car crash on December 29 killed two of his close associates, Sina Ghami, his strength and conditioning coach, and Latif “Latz” Ayodele, his trainer.

Joshua sustained minor injuries and was recovering under observation.

The crash involved his vehicle colliding with a stationary truck, and video showed him in pain as he exited the vehicle.

Lagos state commissioner Gbenga Omotoso said Joshua was clinically fit to continue recovery at home. Joshua and his mother attended the funeral before the repatriation of his friends.

The Lagos state commissioner for information and strategy, issued the statement on X saying Joshua was discharged late Wednesday afternoon after being “deemed clinically fit to recuperate from home.”

“Anthony and his mother were at the funeral home in Lagos this afternoon to pay their final respects to his two departed friends as they were being prepared for repatriation scheduled for later this evening,” Omotoso also said.