The concept is preposterous. Jake Paul can’t really beat Anthony Joshua, can he? Can he?
Paul is a social media star who has transitioned into being knowledgeable boxer. He is overwhelmed former UFC fighters, and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, amongst others and boxed an aged Mike Tyson in an unlikely however unignorable occasion.
However Anthony Joshua, in contrast to cruiserweight Paul, is a big heavyweight with large energy and unimpeachable accolades. An Olympic gold medallist in 2012, he is twice unified heavyweight world championships.
However Paul not solely made their December 19 struggle, these closest to him insist he has deliberate for it and intends to win it.
Nakisa Bidarian, who co-founded promotion firm Most Priceless Promotions alongside Paul, advised Sky Sports activities Information: “The struggle is known as Jake versus Joshua and I very a lot count on Jake to come back out the victor.
“Does he go in there with the chance of getting knocked out? Completely. That is what boxing is about and Anthony Joshua is among the greatest boxers, greatest punchers, most devastating knockout artists that exist.
“But Jake’s been predicting this since March of this year. He’s been planning for this this entire time.”
As a part of his preparations Paul has introduced in elite sparring companions, together with former cruiserweight champion and now high heavyweight contender Lawrence Okolie.
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Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn shares his ideas on Anthony Joshua’s upcoming heavyweight bout with Jake Paul and believes it may very well be the top for boxing if Paul causes a large upset
“What you can count on is Jake is spending every minute of every day focused on how to beat Anthony Joshua,” Bidarian insisted.
“He has a personally-built gym focused on boxing. He has the best trainers in the world and we consistently have the best sparring partners for him in the world.”
Bidarian doesn’t think about it assured that Anthony Joshua will knock Paul out.
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Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul come face-to-face for the primary time forward of their struggle in Miami on December 19
“If this fight goes to eight rounds and a decision and people start to say: ‘Oh this must have been something that was fixed’ that just tells you how unbelievable it is in terms of the things that he’s achieving,” the promoter stated.
“If he gets knocked out, will people still say that it was fixed? No. Then they have to respect the fact that this guy got into the ring with someone of AJ’s experience level and knockout power just 13 fights into his career.”
