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LONDON (AP) \u2014 Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has paid tribute to his two close friends who were killed in a car accident<\/a> in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Joshua sustained minor injuries in the late-December crash that killed Sina Ghami and Latif \u201cLatz\u201d Ayodele. The vehicle they were traveling in struck a stationary truck on a major road near Lagos.<\/p>\n

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