"Joshua, however, is a former Olympic gold medalist and undisputed world heavyweight champion. He's also impossibly handsome and an enduring British celebrity. He never should have taken the scheduled eight-round fight. Yet for all his seasoning, Joshua sank to Paul's level. He seemed unable or unwilling to cut off the ring or otherwise rise above the amateurishness. He occasionally threw amateurish jabs into the air that were nowhere near his fleeing fantasy camp foe, as if to keep the blood circulation flowing in his arms."
"Paul only occasionally took breaks from running away from Joshua and wagging his tongue to throw wild unschooled punches of the sort you'd see after hours from drunks in the TGI Friday's parking lot, or to grab onto Joshua's midsection as if to make his head unhittable. In other words, he fought as expected. Joshua, however, is a former Olympic gold medalist and undisputed world heavyweight champion."
Anthony Joshua delivered a massive overhand right that broke Jake Paul's jaw and ended the scheduled bout in the sixth round. Before the knockout, both fighters damaged their reputations through poor conduct and tactics. Paul spent most of the fight retreating, taunting, throwing wild, unschooled punches and repeatedly clinching. Joshua, despite elite credentials, failed to control the ring, often threw ineffective jabs and offered little resistance to clinches. Referee Christopher Young publicly scolded both fighters amid heavy booing from the crowd. The knockout abruptly ended a spectacle that had threatened both careers.
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