{"id":280207,"date":"2025-11-12T20:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/280207\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T20:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T20:00:08","slug":"jake-paul-finalizing-deal-for-anthony-joshua-boxing-match-on-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/280207\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul \u2018finalizing deal\u2019 for Anthony Joshua boxing match on Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Social media celebrity Jake Paul, who moonlights as a professional pugilist, spent most of his boxing career getting criticized for challenging opponents who were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/6\/27\/24455490\/elder-abuse-jake-paul-cant-stop-wont-stop-beating-up-old-fighters-paul-vs-chavez-jr-boxing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">old<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2024\/3\/2\/24087771\/highlights-jake-paul-yan-bourland-serrano-meinke-watch-results-dazn-knockout\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">washed<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2024\/7\/21\/24202846\/paul-vs-perry-the-morning-after-comically-oversized-jake-paul-cant-stop-bullying-welterweights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">small<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Anthony Joshua is none of the three.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cEl Gallo\u201d (12-1, 7 KOs) is finalizing a deal to face the two-time unified heavyweight champion this December on Netflix, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ringmagazine\/status\/1988685657158361097?s=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Ring\u2019s Mike Coppinger<\/a>. \u201cAJ\u201d (28-4, 25 KOs) undoubtedly represents a major step up in competition, at least in terms of size and punching power, compared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\/400007\/replace-tank-davis-jake-paul-exploring-different-options-after-latest-domestic-abuse-allegations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">former opponent Gervonta Davis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Fans on social media predict Paul is \u201cgoing to die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI think Jake Paul is crazy enough to fight Anthony Joshua because the money would be absolutely obscene,\u201d promoter Eddie Hearn told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0z2PwWEAN3E\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">talkSPORT<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s a catastrophic mismatch that people would tune in to watch because it would lead to the end of Jake Paul. Hopefully, not literally, but it\u2019s that dangerous. It\u2019s a fight that I don\u2019t think should really happen if I\u2019m honest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Expect an official announcement in the coming days, if not sooner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Social media celebrity Jake Paul, who moonlights as a professional pugilist, spent most of his boxing career getting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,43957,40762,85],"class_list":["post-280207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news-results","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}