"Jake Paul will take a massive step up in competition when he faces former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in a heavyweight fight on Dec. 19 at Kaseya Center in Miami (Netflix). It's a drastic shift in gears after Paul was originally scheduled to face WBA lightweight champion Gervonta "Tank" Davis in an exhibition bout with a catchweight of 195 pounds on Nov. 14."
"Andreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas' free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM's Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior writer at DAZN and Sporting News. He started his career as a music journalist for outlets including HipHopDX, The Grammys and Jay-Z's Life+Times. He is also an NAACP Image Award-nominated filmmaker as a producer for the animated short film "Bridges" in 2024."
Jake Paul will face former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in a professionally sanctioned heavyweight boxing match on Dec. 19 at Kaseya Center in Miami, and the bout will stream on Netflix. Paul had been scheduled to face WBA lightweight champion Gervonta "Tank" Davis in an exhibition at a 195-pound catchweight on Nov. 14, but that fight was canceled on Nov. 3 after a civil lawsuit alleged battery, aggravated battery, false imprisonment, kidnapping and intentional infliction of emotional distress by Davis. Joshua has been fighting around 250 pounds while Paul fights near the cruiserweight limit of 200 pounds, removing Paul's usual size advantage and creating significant upset potential.
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