Jake Paul claims he received two rounds and ‘wobbled’ Anthony Joshua of their controversial heavyweight combat in Miami

Jake Paul claims to have received two rounds towards Anthony Joshua and says he “wobbled” his opponent earlier than being knocked out within the sixth spherical in Miami on Friday.

The 28-year-old suffered his second lack of his skilled boxing profession, together with his first being to Tommy Fury in 2023, and needed to endure surgical procedure after Joshua broke his jaw in two locations.

Britain’s two-time world heavyweight champion struggled to place a cease to Paul within the early rounds, however the American additionally had issue staying on his toes all through the bout.

“It’s not that hard to get your a** beat,” Paul mentioned on the Impaulsive podcast, co-hosted by his brother Logan Paul.

“I received two rounds then he received two, then I received dropped.

“However I used to be doing good, my cardio, simply the psychological stress of the large man, and sparring the large individuals is completely different than the 10oz gloves so I used to be feeling his energy much more.

“It was an important expertise, I learnt so much in there.

“I wish I had more than like three weeks to put on more muscle so I could really hit him. My biggest mistake was not doing altitude training.

“I see the place I may have carried out higher so I am a bit disillusioned however I additionally know the way good he’s. I had him wobbled at one level, however he had his fingers up higher this combat.”

This was solely Paul’s 14th skilled bout after making his debut in 2020, whereas Joshua had fought 32 instances professionally with 28 wins, 25 of which had come by knockout.

It was anticipated that Joshua would clear up the combat within the opening rounds resulting from his in depth expertise and measurement.

Having undergone surgical procedure on his jaw, Paul described it as feeling “like a baseball is in there” as he seemed to be visibly swollen on the decrease left facet of his face.

What’s subsequent for Paul?

Lasting six rounds with Joshua has planted a thought in Paul’s thoughts of who his subsequent opponent could possibly be – Francis Ngannou.

The previous UFC fighter made his skilled boxing debut in a defeat towards Tyson Fury in 2023.

Ngannou was then overwhelmed by Joshua by way of a second-round knockout in 2024.

Now Paul believes Ngannou has one thing to show after lasting extra rounds towards Joshua than the UFC heavyweight.

“I told everyone I would do better than Francis [Ngannou],” Paul mentioned. “Francis is low-key soft.”

However earlier than he steps again into the ring, Paul will likely be taking a break to help his velocity skating fiancé, Jutta Leerdam, on the Winter Olympics in February.

Paul given ‘actuality verify’

Paul had a “serious reality check” in his knockout loss to Anthony Joshua and won’t assume he can attain world-class stage, says Sky Sports activities knowledgeable Johnny Nelson.

“I think he realised the task in hand when he stood there in the 22-foot ring.

“He sees an Adonis of a fighter, former world champion Anthony Joshua, within the different nook and that is when actuality hit fiction.

“All the pieces he had in his head, all the things he thought that he may presumably do had disappeared, slipped out of the ring with the cornermen and he thought ‘wow, that is for actual’.

“Even a little jab that just gently missed him, you could see him thinking ‘what is this about?’ So it was a case of survival and I didn’t want Joshua to knock him out, if I’m honest with you. I thought ‘you’ve got to make this kid have a reality check’ and that’s what he actually did.

“Boxing seems to be really easy on the TV, it seems to be so matter of truth, no massive deal – till you get punched after which actuality kicks in.

“Jake Paul has done a brilliant job of promoting himself, promoting this fight, evoking human emotion and I think he’ll be a great promoter down the line. You had all these amazing fights on the undercard, all the female fighters getting their chance to shine, and I thought ‘you know what, you’re doing your job, you’ve got everyone talking about you.”