Boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, says he has lost ‘close friends’ to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
The 30-year-old revealed this on Wednesday on his YouTube channel.
He said: “Wherever you are in the world I’m just checking in personally for everyone to just say, I hope you were well and are keeping safe.
“I’ve lost no one immediate to me. But I’ve lost close ones from my boxing gym, close friends and friends of friends. And it gets serious when it starts coming closer to home.”
Joshua admitted that he was missing his daily routine while he stays in lockdown.
“I would love to be out there right now doing the most on my dirt bikes, meeting up with my boys, sparring, going down to the boxing gym. Even a rebel like me is trying to follow some guidelines to do the right thing,” he said.
The Nigerian had shared a video on social media on Tuesday calling on the public to stay safe amid the pandemic.
Joshua, holder of WBA, IBF and WBO titles, was scheduled to fight Bulgarian, Kubrat Pulev, at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 20.
The bout will now be rescheduled as the world battles to contain the deadly new virus.
