"Jake Paul's finally doing what boxing fans have spent years clamoring for: fighting somebody who should beat his ass. Tonight Paul gets in the ring with Anthony Joshua in Miami. On paper, like all Paul matchups, this fight shouldn't even happen. Their faceoffs to hype the event have only made the bout seem as nonsensical as any of Paul's other fights. Only this time Paul's playing the bug to be squashed."
"Joshua, who stands 6-foot-6 and weighed in at just over 243 pounds Thursday, is a former heavyweight champ who shocked the world by KO'ing Wladimir Klitschko inside Wembley Stadium in 2017. He's 36 years old now and surely past his prime, but by god he's a real boxer, and in his last bout, in September 2024, he faced Daniel Dubois for an actual heavyweight title in front of another packed Wembley crowd."
"Paul's potential positive takeaways aren't obvious either, other than that this latest Paul circus has people still talking about him, his apparent goal ever since introducing himself and his brother to the world on Vine in the fall of 2013, a month before Joshua made his professional fighting debut against Emanuele Leo. He's the most talked-about boxer of this era; his match against Mike Tyson, snoozefest that it was, attracted 100 million viewers"
Jake Paul faces Anthony Joshua in Miami in a bout that appears mismatched and unlikely on paper. Joshua, 6-foot-6 and about 243 pounds at weigh-in, is a former heavyweight champion who knocked out Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley in 2017 and later stopped Francis Ngannou with a frightening right hand. At 36 he may be past his peak but remains a real, accomplished boxer who recently fought Daniel Dubois for a heavyweight title at Wembley. Joshua's likely reward is a payday; failure to dominate Paul would invite mockery. Paul weighed about 217 pounds and appeared flabby; his chief benefit is continued publicity.
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