{"id":370067,"date":"2025-12-25T02:34:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T02:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/370067\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T02:34:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T02:34:06","slug":"thats-boxing-logan-paul-defends-jake-pauls-strategy-against-anthony-joshua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/370067\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018That\u2019s boxing\u2019: Logan Paul defends Jake Paul\u2019s strategy against Anthony Joshua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Logan Paul says people have it all wrong about how his brother fought Anthony Joshua.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This past Friday, Jake Paul squared off with Anthony Joshua in a heavyweight boxing bout. It was a big step up for Paul, who not only gave up a huge edge in experience but also one in size, and the YouTuber-turned-boxer suffered the consequences as a result, getting knocked out viciously in the sixth round. Even before the knockout, Paul\u2019s performance drew criticism as \u201cThe Problem Child\u201d did his best to avoid getting hit by Joshua, circling the ring and, at times, appearing to turn clinches into takedown attempts. But Logan says that\u2019s not what happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI felt like if Jake\u2019s cardio was better, he would have had a real shot at least to make it to the scorecards,\u201d Paul said on his <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AQko0eYpHKA?si=MYkraHqv3f_wr7mL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IMPAULSIVE YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cAnd everyone wondering about Jake\u2019s strategy \u2026 Moving around the outside, everyone\u2019s saying, \u2018Oh, he ran the whole time!\u2019 No, that\u2019s boxing. That\u2019s what Floyd Mayweather built his career off of. Especially when you\u2019re facing a bigger guy who controls the center of the ring, the only way to properly win is stay on your horse, pivot, switch directions, make him miss. That\u2019s the name of the game. That\u2019s elusiveness. That\u2019s evasion. That\u2019s good.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe one thing I did see Jake do in sparring, that everyone else saw last night, when Anthony Joshua would lean on Jake, he would go to his knee. Now, most people thought, \u2018Oh, Jake\u2019s trying to take him down.\u2019 He\u2019s not trying to take Anthony Joshua down. I saw this in sparring, and I asked him, \u2018Why do you keep going to your knee when the big guy is above you and leans on you?\u2019 He said, \u2018They\u2019re so heavy, me trying to hold them up wastes so much energy. If I\u2019m under them and they start leaning on me, I\u2019m just going to drop to my knee, because why would I waste energy trying to keep them up? For what purpose other than to get exhausted?\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cIt\u2019s a strategy that optically looks very bad, but it\u2019s conservation of energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Logan went on to compare Jake\u2019s strategy to the inverse of one he employed during his exhibition boxing bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cSpeaking of which, when I fought Floyd, part of my strategy, I go, \u2018When this little f*cker is beneath me, I\u2019m putting all of my weight on him,\u2019 Paul said. \u201dAnd by the end of the fight, I heard Floyd Mayweather, who never gets tired, doing [heavy breathing]. He was breathing heavy, because that\u2019s hard to pick up a person 40, 50 pounds heavier than you. So Jake didn\u2019t even bother and just dropped to a knee. And then one time it kind of backfired to Anthony landing on top of him and Anthony\u2019s knee [went into Jake\u2019s stomach.]\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Whatever the strategy, Jake ended up getting brutally knocked out, with Joshua breaking his jaw in two places. But despite the loss, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/boxing\/463260\/jake-paul-admits-biggest-mistake-against-anthony-joshua-trashes-francis-ngannou\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake is happy with his performance<\/a>, and Logan is especially proud of his baby brother.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI think one thing that is undeniable is your chin,\u201d Logan said. \u201cI mean, anyone who questioned whether or not you had a chin, I think the answer to that question was proven last night. Bro, you can take a shot. Anthony Joshua hits you with probably his hardest shot, that we\u2019ve seen drop every other single fighter that he\u2019s fought, and he hit you in the face, and not only did you not get knocked out, you dropped and said, \u2018Wow.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Logan Paul says people have it all wrong about how his brother fought Anthony Joshua. 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