"The moment the heavyweight fight between Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua was announced, there were calls from Paul's critics for Joshua, the former two-time unified heavyweight champion, to end the boxing career of the social media personality-turned-boxer. Well, to paraphrase the famous, often misquoted Mark Twain line, "Reports of Jake Paul's demise are greatly exaggerated." Paul was outclassed, dropped four times and knocked out in the sixth round by Joshua"
"It wasn't pretty, with Paul constantly circling away and clinching, but Joshua eventually caught up to a tiring Paul with a wicked straight right hand that ended the fight -- and, according to Paul, broke his jaw. The immediate aftermath had Paul skeptics celebrating that what they had called a charade was over. However, Paul made it clear after the loss that his boxing career will continue."
""I'm going to come back and fight people my weight and go for the cruiserweight world championship at some point," Paul said. "I'm going to take a little break. I've been going hard for six years, so I'm going to take some time off." Joshua's promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport, believes Paul's boxing career should continue, if he wants it to."
Anthony Joshua knocked out Jake Paul in the sixth round in Miami after dropping Paul four times. Paul frequently circled and clinched but tired, and Joshua landed a straight right that ended the bout and, according to Paul, broke his jaw. Skeptics celebrated the result as validation of their criticisms, yet Paul announced plans to continue boxing, targeting opponents his weight and eventual cruiserweight world championship ambitions after a short break. Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport expressed respect for Paul and said that Paul’s boxing career should continue if Paul wants to pursue it.
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