Sina “Evolve” Ghami, Longtime Anthony Joshua Team Member, Dies in Road Accident

Two of Anthony Joshua’s closest men are gone. Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele died in a crash on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The vehicle they were in collided with a lorry. Joshua was in the back seat. He’s alive, hospitalized, stable. That’s the official line. That’s what has been publicly confirmed, which means the damage control started before the wreckage cooled.

People inside the sport know Ghami and Ayodele weren’t just hangers-on. They kept Joshua functioning. One handled his engine room — the conditioning, the rehab, the recovery that no camera ever shows. The other was the quiet push in the gym, the one who held pads, shouted pace, kept the days from blurring.

Names you never hear in the ring

Latif Ayodele, “Latz,” turned his own life around long before boxing took him in. Played football once, found Islam, and turned toward training full-time. He wasn’t there for fame. You’d see him in the background of Joshua’s camp footage, shouting corrections no one outside the gym understood.

Sina Ghami worked with Anthony Joshua for more than a decade. Ghami was part of Joshua’s team for much of his professional career. His work focused on rehabilitation and physical management between training camps and fights.

Ghami and Joshua had known each other since childhood. Ghami remained involved as Joshua’s career continued. He stayed part of the team through different stages.

Ghami was present for a number of Joshua’s major fights. He was in Joshua’s corner the night Klitschko got dropped and came back swinging at Wembley in 2017. Long night. The kind you don’t forget if you’ve ever wrapped hands in a dressing room that tight.

Outside the ring, Ghami worked with college and pro athletes who wanted performance without the noise—Michigan State, a few NBA, NFL, and MLB names. No fanfare, just grind.

He co-founded Evolve Gym that same year. Rehab and performance work. No talk about potential or legacy. Just bodies that needed fixing and results that could hold up under lights.

Authorities said Joshua came out with minor injuries and got checked out after. No official word since.