[boxing] Jake Paul Vs Anhony Joshua

[Braticf]

Now after the fight I realized how serious Usyk was when he said that Joshua could simply kill Paul and that it is a dangerous fight. The difference in strength is colossal. It's very strange to see Joshua dominating after I saw Usyk dominate him and make him look not like a boxer but like a bodybuilder. Overall, I think everyone got what they wanted: the contestants got a lot of money for little work, and the audience finally got to see Paul's jaw get broken, which is what many were waiting for.

I think the reason is pretty obvious. Usyk is a natural heavyweight and a proven champion, while Jake Paul is basically a YouTuber who turned pro and thought he could take a shortcut by jumping straight into fighting a real heavyweight. He probably believed he could make history, but he clearly expected too much.

With the injury he suffered, he’ll likely be sidelined for a while to recover. And after this, I doubt he’ll try to fight another true heavyweight anytime soon.

Usyk is not a heavyweight at all, he just came and destroyed everyone because he had no opponents left in the weight class below. It's clear that Joshua is a pro and Paul is a YouTuber. I'm amazed that Usyk portrayed Joshua as an amateur. That's how high-performance sport works—small advantages snowball into completely insurmountable gaps.
Paul will be fusing his jaw, they say, for about 6 weeks, but even after this period I’m not sure that he will be able to have any serious fight. I guess he need to give the bone some time to heal properly.

Can't wait to hear Tyson Fury's reply to AJ's call out.

[pawel7777]

(...) I'm amazed that Usyk portrayed Joshua as an amateur. That's how high-performance sport works—small advantages snowball into completely insurmountable gaps.
(...)

Do you mean Joshua or Paul? I heard Usyk compared AJ Vs Paul to a competition between Ferrari and Fiat. I can't imagine he would disrespect Joshua by calling him an amateur, unless he called out the fact that AJ clearly took it easy in the first few rounds, which could be seen as poor sportsmanship.

Some post-fight updates:

- the fight reportedly drew in 33 million live viewers: https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mvp-says-jake-paul-vs-193824935.html
- Jake Paul is getting some backlash for posting a photo from a private plane, featuring him surronded by piles of cash and bunch of firearms: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/2025/12/22/jake-paul-flaunts-golden-gun-140m-anthony-joshua-fight/
- Jake Paul will be out for at least 9 months, following the severity of injuries that he suffered: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-15408731/Jake-Paul-Anthony-Joshua-defeat-broken-jaw.html

[STT]

Jake Paul suing or retracting cash for a contract break is so weak, it shows he is only there for the money.   A real boxer did his job and its a problem, he was literally warned this is a real consequence of facing someone massively capable and far out of his class.
   I think AJ should or could resist such a move and would win a court case, what actually I think happens is some compromise on the money and thats the fight far more real then Jake Paul wanted.   

He should never return, heal the injuries go back to comedy because the moves in the ring were just that and it was dangerous to mix the two genres.

[bbc.reporter]

I reckon that after this, Jake Paul will be more braver in challenging other boxers and I very much wish that the next fight will be against the scammer Tank hehehe.

Who knows, with that kind of beating and the injury he suffered on his jaw, I'd be curious if he will be able to get out of the funk he might get, just like a lot of real boxers get when they get beaten badly in a match, and their confidence in the ring is destroyed. Also, I don't think Jake has any chance of winning against Tank Davis in a real match.

He survived the injury and the injury is only on his jaw. It was not a knockout that brought him on a stretcher to be pulled by his brother Logan out of the ring. Also, what kind of beating did we witness? The great white Jake was there standing after the loss and his brother Logan was still trolling the winner by stealing his necklace hehehehehe.

This loss is nothing and we can be certain that we will witness another fight from Jake Paul again. We will see him braver and more confident after this loss.

[Su-asa]

The outcome of this match was just as everyone expected, it wasn't even a fair fight in my opinion because jake paul was beat up severely. Even though he lost to Anthony Joshua he still gained some money from it probably from his youtuber streams, jake paul is reckless but let's not forget that he is a content creator and most of the things he does are just to attract people's attention. it already obvious that since it wasn't a staged fight he is going to get knocked out, it was nothing other than a flawless victory

[fullfitlarry]

(...) I'm amazed that Usyk portrayed Joshua as an amateur. That's how high-performance sport works—small advantages snowball into completely insurmountable gaps.
(...)

Do you mean Joshua or Paul? I heard Usyk compared AJ Vs Paul to a competition between Ferrari and Fiat. I can't imagine he would disrespect Joshua by calling him an amateur, unless he called out the fact that AJ clearly took it easy in the first few rounds, which could be seen as poor sportsmanship.

Some post-fight updates:

- the fight reportedly drew in 33 million live viewers: https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mvp-says-jake-paul-vs-193824935.html
- Jake Paul is getting some backlash for posting a photo from a private plane, featuring him surronded by piles of cash and bunch of firearms: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/2025/12/22/jake-paul-flaunts-golden-gun-140m-anthony-joshua-fight/
- Jake Paul will be out for at least 9 months, following the severity of injuries that he suffered: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-15408731/Jake-Paul-Anthony-Joshua-defeat-broken-jaw.html

Yeah, I also saw that image of him in the plane with pile of cash at the floor and then a hand gun he is holding. Not a good example to show or flaunt your riches like that, it might backfired on him very badly.

That's what he said, he will be out, but it looks like he is fine already as in the podcast of his brother, he is already answering questions, so I guess he will be ok although there won't be solid foods in the next 2 weeks. The brothers are proud and talking that he wobbled AJ, perhaps that is just one moment that they can talk about his fight on AJ.

[fruktik]

The outcome of this match was just as everyone expected, it wasn't even a fair fight in my opinion because jake paul was beat up severely. Even though he lost to Anthony Joshua he still gained some money from it probably from his youtuber streams, jake paul is reckless but let's not forget that he is a content creator and most of the things he does are just to attract people's attention. it already obvious that since it wasn't a staged fight he is going to get knocked out, it was nothing other than a flawless victory

And this scenario couldn't have happened any other way. You have to be incredibly greedy to step into the ring against a professional boxer and get seriously injured. And then be out of the sport for a long time. What's going on in that guy's head? Did he believe in himself? I just don't know how to explain it all. It's just stupid. Let him continue blogging and not get involved in boxing, where people have a lot of experience in this matter.

[TopTort777]

I have read Eddie Hearn comments on this fight and he has said that it took AJ more time than needed to finish Jake because 1) AJ was inactive for 14 months, and he was surprised by tactics Jake has chosen. Jake was running mostly, so AJ had to hunt him. He wasnt expecting that 2) He wanted to warm-up. Because it would be not wise to finish it quick. Kinda paid sparring that ended too quickly. What do you think? Can this be true reasons why fight lasted 6 rounds?

[KTChampions]

(...) I'm amazed that Usyk portrayed Joshua as an amateur. That's how high-performance sport works—small advantages snowball into completely insurmountable gaps.
(...)

Do you mean Joshua or Paul? I heard Usyk compared AJ Vs Paul to a competition between Ferrari and Fiat. I can't imagine he would disrespect Joshua by calling him an amateur, unless he called out the fact that AJ clearly took it easy in the first few rounds, which could be seen as poor sportsmanship.
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I mean those two fights where Usyk won against Joshua. That's the nature of the comparison. If you see Joshua and Paul in the ring, Paul looks like a clown, and Joshua looks like an invincible force. But when Usyk and Joshua were in the ring, it seemed like Joshua couldn't move or punch, just couldn't do anything. I've talked about this. And yes, I heard that Usyk and Joshua have a friendly relationship, he would never speak disrespectfully of him. Overall, Usyk maintains a gentlemanly demeanor toward everyone.

[julerz12]

- Jake Paul is getting some backlash for posting a photo from a private plane, featuring him surronded by piles of cash and bunch of firearms: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/2025/12/22/jake-paul-flaunts-golden-gun-140m-anthony-joshua-fight/

Damn, I wish I could get punched like that and earn millions. 
Seriously, though, I never thought Joshua would break their "terms" and actually knock out JP. Good for him for actually doing what a real boxer should do in the ring.
The face JP made when Joshua landed that blow to his jaw was 1 for the history books. Tyson may have ducked down, accepted the loss, and taken the money, but I'm glad Joshua stepped up and did what a lot of us have always wanted to happen - to bring JP down.

However, I'm pretty sure that after a few months, JP would challenge another boxer to an exhibition match. I'd hope he'd challenge Pacquiao, though, so we could really see him get hammered. 

[püsür]

Clinching in boxing is a tactical move used to stop an opponent's attack, lock in the distance, and regroup briefly. As long as it remains within the rules, it directly affects the pace and control of the match. Jake Paul, not being a boxer, doesn't even know how to clinch when he gets tired. Have you ever seen a heavyweight boxer clinch (or rather, wrap their arms around their opponent's legs) in a heavyweight boxing match?  The mistake influencers make is thinking that the economic power their audience provides is also physical strength. There are so many fools who challenge others and get beaten up. The Mike Tyson match was entirely about Tyson's need for money. We could see how many times he held back from hitting him during the match.

[gunhell16]

I reckon that after this, Jake Paul will be more braver in challenging other boxers and I very much wish that the next fight will be against the scammer Tank hehehe.

Who knows, with that kind of beating and the injury he suffered on his jaw, I'd be curious if he will be able to get out of the funk he might get, just like a lot of real boxers get when they get beaten badly in a match, and their confidence in the ring is destroyed. Also, I don't think Jake has any chance of winning against Tank Davis in a real match.

He survived the injury and the injury is only on his jaw. It was not a knockout that brought him on a stretcher to be pulled by his brother Logan out of the ring. Also, what kind of beating did we witness? The great white Jake was there standing after the loss and his brother Logan was still trolling the winner by stealing his necklace hehehehehe.

This loss is nothing and we can be certain that we will witness another fight from Jake Paul again. We will see him braver and more confident after this loss.

Paul really suffered a bad loss against Joshua; it's good that he somehow survived this defeat, because it seemed like Jake felt the monstrous attack of Joshua which caused his knockout.

But even though that happened to Paul, they both still got rewards around 93 million dollars, which is a huge amount; honestly, he can already retire and enjoy life. I just don't know if Paul still has a good career ahead of him after this loss to Joshua.

[Supreme Donvic]

AJ is very funny, well we his fans are happy he didn't follow the fucking useless script, i really don't understand what is happening in boxing now why are they always using script to fight now, if this don't stop boxing will lose its quality same way WWE did, when people noticed WWE was fucking scripted it lost it value i still don't know what people enjoy in WWE now.
When i started watching boxing back in the day nothing like script but now all the match is always been scripted which is nonsense.

[Victorybit1]

This fight was an effortless win for Anthony Joshua we didn't really expect anything different because jake paul isn't a professional boxer, he is more of a YouTuber and streamer so he wasn't really expected to win Anthony Joshua, they are not on the same league and Anthony Joshua has more experience. it was fun to watch and also a reminder of how formidable Anthony Joshua is, jake paul was humbled

[SatoPrincess]

- Jake Paul is getting some backlash for posting a photo from a private plane, featuring him surronded by piles of cash and bunch of firearms: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/2025/12/22/jake-paul-flaunts-golden-gun-140m-anthony-joshua-fight/

Damn, I wish I could get punched like that and earn millions. 
Seriously, though, I never thought Joshua would break their "terms" and actually knock out JP. Good for him for actually doing what a real boxer should do in the ring.
The face JP made when Joshua landed that blow to his jaw was 1 for the history books. Tyson may have ducked down, accepted the loss, and taken the money, but I'm glad Joshua stepped up and did what a lot of us have always wanted to happen - to bring JP down.

However, I'm pretty sure that after a few months, JP would challenge another boxer to an exhibition match. I'd hope he'd challenge Pacquiao, though, so we could really see him get hammered. 

Was that really in their terms? I have heard a lot of speculations about what is allegedly in the contract but nothing has been confirmed by either party so it’s just fans feeding into conspiracy theories. From the looks of it, AJ didn’t “bring JP down” like you say, rather it has increased his credibility as a fearless boxer while making a shit ton of money.

[TopTort777]

Have your social media been filled with "boxing experts" that talk about the fight? I dont know who creates such fake news, but latest things I saw that "Jake claims he has won 2 first rounds" (lol), "Jake did not let AJ follow his game plan and ruined it with running", "AJ had troubles to hit Jake, and it took him 6 rounds to get Jake", "Jake brother Logan promised to avenge his little brother loss" I think people will keep on talking about this boxing fight for a longer period.

[rachael9385]

^ That look on Jake’s face is hard to see. Pretty much everyone agrees he will never box again after having permanent plates put in his jaw. He took it as far as he could. I’m sure the money helps ease the pain.

indeed the money definitely goes a long way in easing the pain, jake has a stubborn personality, we can't really say for a fact whether he is going to quit boxing or not but one thing I know is that he is not going to fight with someone that's not on his level. He took the risk because he was focused on the money he can make from the fight. Anthony Joshua really inflicted pain on him, that wasn't a fair fight

[bettercrypto]

^ That look on Jake’s face is hard to see. Pretty much everyone agrees he will never box again after having permanent plates put in his jaw. He took it as far as he could. I’m sure the money helps ease the pain.

indeed the money definitely goes a long way in easing the pain, jake has a stubborn personality, we can't really say for a fact whether he is going to quit boxing or not but one thing I know is that he is not going to fight with someone that's not on his level. He took the risk because he was focused on the money he can make from the fight. Anthony Joshua really inflicted pain on him, that wasn't a fair fight

So what you’re saying is that Paul really didn't stand a chance against his opponent? Is that it? But even though he lost, he still walked away with a huge amount of money.

He can basically just enjoy his life or start a business, since he won't be in his prime forever. No wonder the fight ended in just a few rounds; from what I know, Paul’s matches don’t usually go down like that.

[Sandra_hakeem]

So I heard this rumor yesterday about Logan Paul's intention to "fight back" for his brother, despite the massive defeat and a broken jaw. He said, and I'm not even making this up, that he'll "crush his skull and break his bones, the same way he did his brother". I'm just wondering the level of craziness that runs in their Gene. Could he be saying this because he wants the paycheck just like this brother did? I'll understand if this is the case-- I'd do the same thing too.

He said this is not just going to be an arranged exhibition match like the former was, it's going to be a real fight. If the organization grants his wishes, I'll like to see how he beats the hell out of AJJ  

[acroman08]

So I heard this rumor yesterday about Logan Paul's intention to "fight back" for his brother, despite the massive defeat and a broken jaw. He said, and I'm not even making this up, that he'll "crush his skull and break his bones, the same way he did his brother". I'm just wondering the level of craziness that runs in their Gene. Could he be saying this because he wants the paycheck just like this brother did? I'll understand if this is the case-- I'd do the same thing too.

He said this is not just going to be an arranged exhibition match like the former was, it's going to be a real fight. If the organization grants his wishes, I'll like to see how he beats the hell out of AJJ  

I've so many rumors being posted lately about Logan Paul and his desire to fight Anthony Joshua that I don't even know if this is real or not. Anyway, this is probably just a trash talk coming from Logan Paul, and it probably means nothing. And if this is actually real and he fights Anthony Joshua, he'd probably get a similar beating, just like what his brother got.