AJ'S TEARS: IT'S TOUGH

Boxer on his struggle to cope with losing pals in car crash

- BY PHIL CARDY

FORMER heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua fought back tears as he told how he and two of his closest friends had set off on a trip that began with optimism - before everything changed in an instant.

AJ, his trainer Latif Ayodele and conditioning coach Sina Ghami were in Nigeria being driven to see the boxer's relatives.

He said: “We had so many plans to wrap up 2025 and we were on a mission. We went back home, went to see our families... and everything just got flipped upside on its head.”

Their Lexus SUV hit a stationary truck near the city of Lagos, on December 29 - killing Sina and Latif, both 36, instantly as the vehicle's side was sheared off.