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Anthony Joshua says he is standing strong “as a soldier” for the parents of two close friends killed in a car crash as the British heavyweight prepares for his return to boxing.<\/b><\/p>\n
The two-time world champion was a passenger in the car when Sina Ghami and Latif ‘Latz’ Ayodele died in Nigeria in December<\/a>.<\/p>\n In his first fight since the accident, in which Joshua sustained minor injuries, he will face the relatively unknown Albanian Kristian Prenga in Riyadh on 25 July.<\/p>\n “You never overcome it but you gain perspective in life,” Joshua, 36, told the 5 Live Boxing podcast.<\/p>\n “Life is humbling at times. You never know one’s fate. As a soldier, I stand strong for their parents first and foremost.<\/p>\n “This isn’t about me. I feel it’s important to put their parents first at the minute.<\/p>\n “I’ll have my time to grieve. But right now, my heart and mind tell me their parents are my main priority.”<\/p>\n The 2012 Olympic gold medallist was speaking before Monday’s news conference in London where he came face-to-face with Prenga for the first time.<\/p>\n