I was in absolute shock when I saw the news that Anthony Joshua had been involved in a car accident in which two men had died.
I saw it come through as breaking news on BBC World, so I made some calls and unfortunately my fears were realised that the men who had died included a close member of his team.
AJ always travels with close friends who are a part of his team. There are four or five of them, and it could have been any of those.
I was with them all just 10 days ago in Miami – both Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele, the men who have died, were there for his fight with Jake Paul. It’s heartbreaking.
These were not casual members of his team either. These were really close friends and key parts of his backroom team, so there was more than one element to their relationship with AJ.
We know Ghami, who runs a gym in London, has been around AJ for about 10 years. He was an integral part of the team, as his strength and conditioning coach.
Ayodele has been around even longer. He was a friend who trained alongside the former world heavyweight champion, and was with him all the time.
If you do the most basic of searches on social media, it will reveal the three of them together. It always seemed to be the three of them together. That’s what makes this all so heartbreaking.
