Anthony Joshua accident: Steve Pons in fatal car accident in Nigeria

I was in absolute shock when I saw the news that Anthony Joshua was involved in a car accident in which two men died.

I saw it as breaking news on BBC World, so I made some calls and unfortunately my fears were confirmed that the men who died included a close member of his team.

AJ always travels with close friends who are part of his team. There are four or five of them, and it could be any of them.

I was with them all just 10 days ago in Miami – Sena Gami and Latif Ayodele, the two guys who died, were there because of his fight with Jake Paul. It’s heartbreaking.

These were not ordinary members of his team either. These were really close friends and key parts of the team behind the scenes, so there was more than one element to their relationship with AJ.

We know that Gami, who runs a gym in London, has been with AJ for about 10 years. He was an integral part of the team, as their strength and conditioning coach.

Ayodele has been around longer. He was a friend who trained alongside the former heavyweight champion of the world, and was with him the entire time.

If you do the simplest social media searches, you’ll uncover all three. It always seems like the three of them are together. That’s what makes all of this so heartbreaking.