The British-Nigerian boxer was discharged from hospital after being deemed clinically "fit to recuperate from home," according to local authorities.

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has been discharged from hospital, state officials said, after he was injured in a car crash in Nigeria that killed two of his close friends.

Anthony Joshua is continuing his recovery in a Nigerian hospital after being involved in a devastating road crash that claimed the lives of two people close to him.

Anthony Joshua’s relatives in his family’s hometown in Nigeria have expressed shock at the car crash that injured the British boxer and killed two others.

Two gyms in west London were closed on Tuesday out of respect for their co-founder, Sina Ghami, who was killed in a car crash in Nigeria on Monday.

Authorities in Lagos and Ogun states said Joshua and another injured person are in stable condition and do not require emergency medical intervention. The Ogun State Police added that investigations into the circumstances surrounding the crash are ongoing

The British heavyweight sustained injuries in a car crash that killed two of his friends.