A UFC star has been slammed on social media after speaking about Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul.
Earlier in the month, Joshua and Paul fought inside the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida.
Two-time world champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist Joshua won via TKO in the sixth round, handing Paul the second defeat of his boxing career.
On Monday, less than two weeks after the fight, it was reported that Joshua was involved in a car accident in Nigeria.
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The crash happened at around 11 am local time on Monday, when the vehicle Joshua was travelling in struck a stationary truck on an expressway in Ogun State, near Lagos - the nation’s largest city.
It was claimed that Joshua suffered minor injury, but two of his friends, Sina Ghami and Latif “Latz” Ayodele, died.
Ghami had acted as a strength and conditioning coach for AJ, while Ayodele had been a trainer in the boxer’s camp. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
Following the accident, UFC star Bryce Mitchell took to social media and posted a video.
He said: "If you don’t let Jake Paul win, he’s gonna kill you 9 days later. Or just kill your two best friends. But somebody is gonna die if you don't let him win."
Reacting to Mitchell's shocking comments, one fan said: "This is mad disrespectful and unfunny."
Another tweeted: "This is an incredibly irresponsible thing to say."
A third fan added: "Didn’t think he can get more unlikeable…"
Reacting to the accident, Paul also released a statement of his own.
He wrote on social media: "Life is much more important than boxing. I am praying for the lost lives, AJ and anyone impacted by today’s unfortunate accident."
Meanwhile, Joshua's promoter, Eddie Hearn told the Daily Mail: "I am away on a family holiday and awoke to the news of this incident.
"We are trying to contact Anthony and in the meantime we don’t want to speculate on how he is but thankfully he appears OK from what I have seen in the images."
Hearn added: "We are awaiting more information on what has happened and will update in due course."
Topics: Anthony Joshua, Jake Paul, UFC, Boxing, Fan Reactions
Marcus Chan