AJ v Jake Paul

[Master]

Jake Paul showed off a fresh black eye from sparring a British heavyweight in preparation for his bizarre yet seismic clash with Anthony Joshua.

“I’m sparring 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, 270lbs.”

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/deontay-wi...120525660.html

[Master]

[Master]

This is a good watch.

AJ comes across well and Jake as delusional. This will be a massacre depending on how long the problem child wants to sustain a beating. He will quit.

[Master]

Anthony Joshua has made weight for his upcoming clash against Jake Paul.

The Watford powerhouse is set to lock horns with Paul on Friday night in Miami in a professional heavyweight showdown.



While there is usually no upper limit for fighters competing in the glamour division, Joshua's contract states that he is not allowed to weigh over 245lbs.

The clause was inserted into the deal to help level the playing field for Paul, who has competed at cruiserweight (200lbs) for the majority of his career.

Joshua was on weight two weeks out from fight night and, after keeping members of the media waiting, finally tipped the scales at 243.4lbs on Thursday, just before 6pm GMT.

It marked the two-time unified heavyweight champion's lightest weight since he fought Oleksandr Usyk for the first time in 2021, when he weighed 240lbs.

Paul, on the other hand, weighed just 216.6lbs, more than 10lbs lighter than his only other appearance at heavyweight against Mike Tyson in November 2024, but 17.1lbs heavier than his previous fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

The size difference was apparent when Paul and Joshua came face to face at Wednesday's pre-fight press conference.

Joshua dwarfed Paul as he looked down on the American, who most fans expect to be flat on his back in a couple of rounds when the pair come to blows at the Kaseya Center.

Ringwalks for the main event bout are scheduled for 3:30am GMT, but it could be slightly later based on the results of other fights, like Anderson Silva vs Tyron Woodley in the battle of the UFC legends.

Paul channelled his inner Hulk Hogan when he stepped onto the scales, saying: “I’m absolutely dialled!

“You listen to me. Brother, when the bell rings, I’m coming in there, and I’m coming in on his a**.”

The 28-year-old revealed this week that his fight attire was a tribute to the late WWE legend, who sadly passed away this year.

He will fight Joshua on a larger fighting surface than a standard professional ring on December 19.

Joshua's promoter, Eddie Hearn, who was by his man's side at the weigh-ins, revealed the bout would take place in a 22-by-22-foot ring.

Paul confirmed Hearn's comments, adding: “That’s accurate - pretty standard.

"I think fights range from 20-foot rings to 24-foot rings. So, 22 feet, I feel great about it.”

https://talksport.com/boxing/3832658...ier-jake-paul/

[Spicoli]

Can't wait!













































Jk

[Mark TKO]

I will watch tomorrow when I get up - don't care if I see result first.

Am intrigued by this one to be fair merely because I can't see it not ending within ninety seconds. The flip side to that is I can't see them not having secretly agreed that AJ won't do that to make a mockery of it all.

But they've said there is no agreements

So my interest is zero from a boxing perspective - just how silly it will all look whatever the outcome.

[Vendettos]

Why is this not already over?

[Vendettos]

Boxing is dead!

[THE THIRD MAN]

I have grave fears for the future of Boxing while watching this, would it be at all possible that at least one of these guys will land a punch? Is Paul trying to get DQd?

[Vendettos]

Phew…..

We’ve got 1 year left lads.

[Master]

What happened?

[Master]

Okay, that was bad. Thankfully I didn’t get up for this event.

[ykdadamaja]

Apparently, Paul has a broken jaw. He is lucky he didn't get killed or even more seriously hurt. But, I have to give RESPECT to Paul. He got in there when many of us would not even think about doing something so stupid.

Any man that gets in the ring gets my respect.

[Primo Carnera]

Jake Paul does deserve respect. For those complaining about him running, what did you expect? And I’ll get slated for this, but he won at least one round maybe 2.
We all know the rules. If he’s running, it’s up to Joshua to cut that out.
And this is what people are not focussing on.
I believe AJ is a top 10, maybe top 5 fighter in the World. And without digging him out too much, that shows the poor standard of the HW Division . If you think about it, you’ve got Usyk , then apart from the young rookie Itauma, there is not 1 heavyweight out there that you can’t pick holes in .
Who outside Usyk would you put above the best of previous eras? And don’t say AJ And Fury, because “today’s “
AJ - 15 months out, coming off a bad KO and taking 6 rounds to get rid of a non ranked fighter.
Fury - hasn’t fought in like, forever and having gone life and death with Ngannou in recent times.
The reality is pretty sobering .

[Master]

Forget that.

That was a terrible effort from Jake. He talked about taking it to AJ and making it a war instead he ran and survived. He made 70 million and anyone would go in the ring to make that.

AJ was terrible and disgraced the noble sport of boxing. He should be ashamed.