Previous heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua will enter the ring to combat YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul. And we understand why: the beast bags he’ll be getting.
However exists anything beyond the cash? Well, here’s what Joshua stated about Paul and their battle set for Dec. 19 at Kaseya Center in Miami, “Jake or anybody can get this work. No grace. I took a while out and I’m returning with a mega program. It’s a huge chance for me. Whether you like it or not, I’m here to do huge numbers, have huge battles and break every record whilst keeping one’s cool, calm and gathered. Mark my words, you’ll see a lot more fighters take these chances in the future.”
Joshua then included a ruthless yet unusual forecast, “I will break the web over Jake Paul’s face.” (Uh, yeah, we have no idea what that in fact suggests.)
The Paul-Joshua battle will stream reside on Netflix. It’s set up for 8, 3-minute rounds, and the fighters will use the basic 10-ounce gloves for approved heavyweight battles. Click on this link to see the promotion.
Britain’s Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) will get the chance that WBA light-weight champ Gervonta “Tank” Davis misused. Davis lost his opportunity at a mega-fight with Paul after he got called in a civil claim submitted by an ex-girlfriend implicating the fighter of worsened battery, unlawful imprisonment, kidnapping and deliberate infliction of psychological distress.
Paul had actually been prepping to square up versus the 5-foot-5, 130-pound southpaw in Davis and now will deal with Joshua, who stands 6-foot-6 and weighs 250 pounds.
Paul (12-1, 7 KOs) weighed his heaviest, at 227.25 pounds, when he combated Mike Tyson for a heavyweight exhibit bout in 2024.
” This isn’t an AI simulation. This is Judgment Day,” Paul stated in a declaration. “An expert heavyweight battle versus an elite world champ in his prime. When I beat Anthony Joshua, every doubt vanishes, and nobody can reject me the chance to combat for a world title. To all my haters, this is what you desired. To individuals of the UK, I am sorry. On Friday, December 19, under the lights in Miami, live internationally just on Netflix, the torch gets passed and Britain’s Goliath gets put to sleep.”
Joshua, a two-time heavyweight champ and Olympic gold medalist, differs from all the other fighters Paul has actually dealt with. The bulk of Paul’s wins have actually come versus mixed martial arts fighters or washed-up fighters. However, at 36, Joshua is not far from his prime, having actually last defended a heavyweight crown 14 months earlier when he lost through knockout to Daniel Dubois in an IBF title bout. And it wasn’t all that long earlier when Joshua almost flatlined among the scariest fighters on earth, Francis Ngannou, in March 2024. Have a look at these nukes from Joshua:
Paul apparently looked for Ryan Garcia to change Davis. However “The Issue Kid” had actually likewise been connected to Joshua for the previous 6 months. Back in July, he forecasted he would battle the Joshua, stating,” We’re gon na do the unimaginable and develop among the most significant battles in the history of boxing, which’s what this is everything about.”
However the genuine unimaginable has yet to take place, which would be Paul beating Joshua on Dec. 19.
Source: Forbes.
