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A former world heavyweight champion boxer is expected to recover after he suffered minor injuries in a fatal car crash. According to the Associated Press, two passengers died in the crash that injured Nigerian British star Anthony Joshua on Monday.

Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Matchroom Boxing, said he was in “stable condition” after the Monday accident, which killed his friends and team members, Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele.

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​Born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, to Nigerian parents, Joshua spent part of his childhood at a boarding school in Nigeria before returning to the UK at age 12. He has a tattoo of the map of Africa with Nigeria highlighted on his arm and frequently makes trips back to his native land.