Anthony Joshua’s Shocking Confession About His Friends’ Deaths Will Leave You Questioning Everything You Knew About the Champ
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Ever notice how just when you’re riding high—like Anthony Joshua, fresh off his big win against Jake Paul on Netflix—the cosmos throws a curveball that knocks the wind outta your sails? Talk about Mercury in retrograde playing games with fate. Just days after his triumphant return to the ring, AJ faced a gut-wrenching reality: two of his closest friends, Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami, tragically lost their lives in a car crash in Nigeria. The kind of blow that shakes your very core and flips every plan upside down. But here’s the kicker—Joshua isn’t just mourning; he’s opening up about walking with giants, confronting mortality head-on, and harnessing grief into a mission bigger than himself. How does one bounce forward when life deals such a cruel jab? Grab your emotional gloves—this story’s a knockout with heart. LEARN MORE
Anthony Joshua has spoken out to share a heartbreaking confession following the death of his two close friends in a car crash last month.
Just over a week after he triumphed against Jake Paul in a money-spinning fight live on Netflix, the British heavyweight was involved in a significant car crash in Nigeria that saw two of his best friends, Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami, tragically lose their lives.
The driver of the vehicle has since been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, with Joshua the other passenger in a Lexus which crashed into a stationary van on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, known to be one of the busiest motorways in Nigeria, on 29 December.
While he escaped with relatively minor injuries, the crash was a life-changing one after he lost his sport and exercise rehabilitation coach and personal trainer.
Joshua knocked out Jake Paul on his return to boxing shortly before the accident (Giorgio VIERA / AFP via Getty Images)
Speaking in a video on Instagram, he said: “We had so many plans to wrap up 2025. We went home, we went to see our families, and everything got flipped upside on its head.
“That was such an unforeseen circumstance that was out of all of our control. And not only did their parents, their uncles, their cousins, their friends and myself, lose two great men, we lost people that we dearly care about, and have been major players in all of our lives; major, major players in all of our lives. It’s tough. It’s really tough.
“I’m not going to sit here and show all of my emotions. I know, in today’s day and age, it’s easy to microanalyse people and pass judgment, but I know what I felt and all that matters to me.
“I know what my duty is. They were my brothers, my friends, first and foremost. Then we became business partners, we became hustlers, we became lieutenants, we became generals, we became everything, we became housemates who were living together.”
Latif Ayodele (left) and Sina Ghami (right) were close friends and team members of Anthony Joshua (Instagram/sina_evolve)
If there is one small thing he’s taken from the tragedy it’s that he no longer seems to fear death, suggesting that he’s ‘not scared’ and comforted by the thought of Latif and Sina waiting for him ‘on the other side’.
Visibly emotional, he added: “One day my time will come, and I’m not scared either – at all. It’s actually comforting knowing that I’ve got two brothers on the other side.
“You know, I’ve lost people before, but I don’t think I’ve lost people like that, my left and my right. I didn’t even realise that I’m the big guy, you know what I mean? But I was walking with giants, who kept me protected, kept me shielded. But the mission must go on and I understand my duty. I understand what they wanted to do for their families.
“My goal is to help their families and to help them achieve their goals, even though they may not be here in the physical. I’m going to help them fulfil their dreams for their families. Not only me, though, helping. There’s a whole team of us. I’m going to do what’s right by their family. It’s about what’s important to me, and they’re very important players, very important team members, very important friends and two of my brothers.”
Finally, he thanked the public for their support and paid tribute to the close family of his two friends, vowing to give them the support they need in the wake of such a horrific accident.
He concluded: : “I don’t think I’ve mentioned the love and appreciation. It’s all acknowledged by me, by them, by their families, 100 per cent. We acknowledge the thousands, maybe going into millions, around the world that showed so much love to them both.
“We heard you all, we saw the messages, the tweets, the social media, the YouTubes, the prayers, it’s all been acknowledged. So, yeah, we know what we’re going to do. Momma Latz, Momma Sina, Papa Latz, Papa Sina, one love.”
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