{"id":358344,"date":"2025-12-19T13:23:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T13:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/358344\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T13:23:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T13:23:13","slug":"anthony-joshua-says-he-wants-to-end-jake-pauls-boxing-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/358344\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua says he wants to end Jake Paul\u2019s boxing career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>         19 Dec 2025, 13:37 Updated: 35m ago        <\/p>\n<p class=\"_abstract_eo4rj_72\">Anthony Joshua says he feels a responsibility to boxing to defeat Jake Paul when they meet in Miami, amid debate over whether the fight should be classed as an exhibition for safety reasons.<\/p>\n<p> 19 Dec 2025, 13:37  | Updated: 35m ago <\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Anthony Joshua is introduced during a weigh-in ahead of his heavyweight boxing match against Jake Paul, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo\/Lynne Sladky)\" class=\"content-image\" data-image-catalogue-id=\"779692\" width=\"660\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/779692\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>    Anthony Joshua is introduced during a weigh-in ahead of his heavyweight boxing match against Jake Paul, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo\/Lynne Sladky).<\/p>\n<p>        Picture: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/stock-photo-anthony-jo-713006972.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\nAlamy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"standfirst\">Former heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua has said he believes it is his duty to end Jake Paul\u2019s boxing career for the good of the sport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Joshua is set to face the YouTuber-turned-boxer in Miami in the early hours of tomorrow, in a bout that has attracted huge attention and divided opinion within boxing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Speaking ahead of the fight, Joshua said he feels an obligation to protect the integrity of boxing, suggesting that high-profile crossover bouts risk undermining the sport if not taken seriously. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The contest has sparked debate over safety, with some commentators and observers suggesting the fight should be sanctioned as an exhibition rather than a full professional bout. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The clash in Miami is expected to draw a large global audience, reflecting the crossover appeal of the matchup as well as the ongoing debate about celebrity involvement in professional boxing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"19 Dec 2025, 13:37 Updated: 35m ago Anthony Joshua says he feels a responsibility to boxing to defeat&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-358344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358344","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=358344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}