Anthony Joshua puts ‘emotions to side’ after crash as he prepares for boxing return

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Anthony Joshua has stressed that rather than coming to terms with his own grief after the https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/30/boxing-world-condolences-anthony-joshua">car accident in which two of his closest friends died last December, his primary focus has been on helping their parents.

As he prepares to resume his career next month, Joshua said: “I’m just there for their parents.

Number one is being a good soldier for them.

Gotta look after the boys’ parents.”

Asked if he had felt compelled to bury his pain since he was injured in the accident in Nigeria which https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jan/29/anthony-joshua-pays-emotional-tribute-close-friends-sina-ghami-latif-latz-ayodele">took the lives of Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele, Joshua said: “Everyone’s different.

Me, I have to put my emotions to the side because I focus on the parents.

My emotions can come at a later stage.

I really look at the parents and I understand it must be most difficult for them.

So I don’t make it about me, I make it about them.

I make it about the mums and the dads of the two boys.”