My people, e don happen o! Anthony Joshua, the heavyweight champ wey sabi knock out anyone wey cross am, don face wetin no be small wahala. Na crash for Naija wey happen for December 29 cause am. Two of him close guys, Sina Ghami and Latif ‘Latz’ Ayodele, no survive am and e pain all of us.
Joshua wey don dey 36 years now, just get small injury for the crash, but the news wey come out e no sweet at all. This one na one big loss for am, and him promoter, Eddie Hearn, don talk say Joshua go take time to think wetin e wan do next for him boxing career.
According to Hearn, ‘when the time dey right’, Joshua go fit decide wetin go happen next. E no dey rush any decision because of wetin happen, and na im well-being dey first for everybody wey sabi am. ‘Are you OK?’ na the only question wey we need ask am right now. Na serious matter wey no fit dey normal at all, and e go take time for am to heal.
E don post video for him Snapchat, show sey he dey train again, dey hit pads and dey call am ‘mental strength therapy’. Na so e dey try bounce back small-small, but we sabi say e get plenty levels to clear before e fit enter the ring again.
Hearn talk say e believe Joshua go want return to boxing after e don her plenty. We dey hope say when e ready, e go come back stronger. Na him decision be this, and we go respect am. E just need make e dey okay for body and mind before e face the ring again.
We fit remember say before this wahala happen, Joshua just beat Jake Paul for Miami on December 19. Ten days later, this tragedy come enter im life. Na so life be, e fit turn around anytime, but we dey wish our guy well. We dey wait for when e go tell us wetin dey happen with am directly.
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