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jake paul Showed a fresh black eye as he spars with a British heavyweight in preparation for their bizarre but seismic clash anthony joshua,
Heavyweight Star on Friday 19th December Joshua will fight with YouTuber turned boxer At the Kasia Center in Miami. This match will not be an exhibition but a professional competitionWhich means the result will go on each individual’s record and knockouts are possible.
Joshua vs. Paul is an example of Some of the Most Unexpected Matchmaking in Boxing HistoryJoshua, 36, is a former two-time world heavyweight champion, while Paul, 28, made his name on YouTube and the Disney Channel before establishing a boxing career.
At 12-1 (seven KO wins) as a professional, the American has defeated, among others – former boxing world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., former UFC champions Tyron Woodley and Anderson Silva, and heavyweight boxing icon Mike TysonWho was 58 years old at the time of the fight.
But in preparation for this huge step up in competition and size, Paul is getting used to fighting big British bruisers and he has flashes to show in his sessions with former WBC and WBO champion Lawrence Okolie.
“I’m fighting a bunch of world champion heavyweights. I think Lawrence Okolie did that to me,” Paul said on Adin Ross’ Kick stream. “He’s like six-foot-six, 270 pounds.”
The 32-year-old Hackney-born Okolie is on a three-fight win streak and last defeated Kevin Lerena on the undercard of Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois at Wembley.
Paul also revealed that he currently weighs 215 pounds and aims to get to 220 pounds by fight night, while Joshua is limited to 245 pounds.
“It’s definitely a very wild fight,” he said.
The heavyweight fight is scheduled for eight three-minute rounds, making it shorter than most of the men’s main-event matches in the sport. Every man would rather wear a 10oz glove than a larger, more forgiving pair.
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Joshua’s record is 28-4 (25 KO wins), and the Briton has defeated Wladimir Klitschko, Dillian Whyte, Joseph Parker, Alexander Povetkin and Kubrat Pulev, while also facing Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois at the elite level.
Joshua has not fought since September 2024, when he was defeated by Dubois at Wembley Stadium, suffering four knockdowns en route to defeat – the fourth loss of his career and the second by stoppage.