Anthony Joshua needs time to process friends' deaths before decision on boxing future, says Eddie Hearn

Eddie Hearn says Anthony Joshua needs time to grieve before he makes a decision on his boxing future - but does think the former heavyweight champion will return to the ring.

Joshua's close friends and team members, Sina Ghami and Latif "Latz" Ayodele, died in a car crash near Lagos in Nigeria on December 29 after a vehicle they were travelling in as passengers collided with a stationary truck.

Joshua was also in the car and suffered minor injuries.

The incident came 10 days after the 2012 Olympic gold medallist had defeated Jake Paul in Miami, in what was his first fight since defeat to fellow Brit Daniel Dubois in September 2024.