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jake paul Said his broken nose got worse during the fight anthony joshuaThe YouTuber turned boxer admitted: “It’s getting more and more crooked.”
Paul will fight former two-time world heavyweight champion Joshua. December 19th in MiamiThe bout will be a professional heavyweight contest, scheduled for eight rounds of three minutes each, Knockouts are allowed, each man wears standard 10oz gloves,
A day before the fight, “AJ” will be limited to 245 pounds, but Paul has been sparring with even bigger heavyweights in preparation for the fight – including Lawrence Okolie, Jared Anderson and Frank Sanchez.
American Paul is 12-1 as a professional boxer and has wins over former middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and heavyweight legend Mike Tyson, although Mike Tyson was 58 when Paul knocked him out in November 2024. The imposing 28-year-old faces a completely different test when he fights 36-year-old Joshua.
And in the lead-up to his conflict with the Britons, Paul appeared Pat McAfee ShowWhere he was asked about his broken nose.
“It’s getting more and more crooked, brother,” Paul told McAfee. “I won’t lie: competing against giants, my nose has moved a few millimeters in this camp.
“A guy named Frank Sanchez, of course, broke it up a little bit, so there’s definitely a little bit of something in there. But yeah, man, it’s bad. Look at him.”
Elaborating further on his build-up to the fight, Paul said: “We’ve brought in world-champion heavyweight sparring partners, 270 pounds, 250 pounds. It’s been crazy competing with them. I’ve still got the remains of the black eye [from Okolie],
“My coaches are some of the best in the world, and they tell me: ‘Look, we believe what you’re facing right now will be even tougher than the actual fight night.’ They don’t lie to me. I trust and believe in my coaches.
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“I don’t think so [Joshua] Could knock me out because he wouldn’t be able to line up his shots properly and punch hard.
“I think it’s going to be a very tough fight for several rounds, but then as I figure out his speed, his style, his movement, his footwork, he’s going to get a little tired trying to chase me.
“Then I’m going to set up the shot. I won’t say exactly what, but I see what it is, and I think it’s going to be a finish in the fifth or sixth round.”
Paul last fought by defeating Chavez Jr. in June, while Joshua’s last fight was a stoppage loss to Daniel Dubois in September 2024.
Paul’s only defeat as a professional came against Tommy Fury, half-brother of heavyweight star Tyson Fury. Meanwhile, Joshua’s loss to Dubois – in which he had been knocked down several times – was followed by two losses to Oleksandr Usyk and a loss to Andy Ruiz Jr.
However, AJ is a two-time former world heavyweight champion, with wins over the likes of Wladimir Klitschko, Joseph Parker, Kubrat Pulev, Dillian Whyte, and Alexander Povetkin.