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anthony joshua And jake paulThe fight on Friday was hardly a classic, although many fans got their wish. Watching a YouTube star suffer a stoppage loss,
Former two-time world heavyweight champion Joshua struggled to defeat rival Paul in the early rounds but eventually achieved the goal.
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they knocked paul down four times In the middle rounds of the scheduled eight, he ultimately had to be stopped in the sixth frame at the Kasia Center in Miami.
Meanwhile, Paul’s offense was extremely limited, with the American opting to dive at Joshua’s legs repeatedly throughout the bout – seemingly to avoid damage and buy time.
Now, Compubox stats for the fight have the 28-year-old Paul landing only 16 of the 56 punches thrown in the five-and-a-half rounds. Still, some viewers will be impressed that Paul even managed to get so many people.
Meanwhile, Joshua is credited with 48 successful punches out of 154 thrown. With this, his success percentage is 33 percent, while Paul’s success percentage is 29 percent.
Joshua faced criticism for his performance In many corners, promoter Lou DiBella tweeted: “The person who should be feeling ashamed right now is Anthony Joshua… This was his legacy. Paul is a great businessman. AJ doesn’t give two shits about #boxing.”
Journalist Kevin Iole said: “He wouldn’t put $100 million on the table to fight [Tyson] Fury, but AJ should retire. That was a very poor performance.”
But Joshua’s task was complicated by the fact that Paul not only repeatedly dived to his feet, but also dodged – and sometimes even ran away – during most of the fight.
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As a small man, Paul was also able to hide in safe places along the ropes, although at other times he chose to avoid the most dangerous range by colliding with the pursuing “AJ”.
But Joshua finally got the shots he needed to put the American away, Even Paul claimed his jaw was broken,
Joshua, 36, said in his post-fight interview: “It wasn’t the best performance. The ultimate goal was to catch him, pin him down and hurt him. That’s what people wanted, that’s what was in my mind. It took longer than expected.
“Now, Jake Paul played really well tonight. He gets up again and again. It was tough for me out there. We give him our respect, he tried and tried, but he came up there against a real fighter.
“I saw Eddie [Hearn, promoter] Saying: ‘Get him now!’ I said I would take his soul, watch it come out of his body again and again. I said it, and it happened. I understand the psychology of fighting.