{"id":389883,"date":"2026-01-03T23:13:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T23:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/389883\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T23:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T23:13:16","slug":"jake-paul-loses-wba-cruiserweight-ranking-after-loss-to-anthony-joshua-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/389883\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul loses WBA cruiserweight ranking after loss to Anthony Joshua | Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jake Paul\u2019s defeat by Anthony Joshua in their heavyweight bout in December has seen American boxer lose his WBA ranking.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

Published On 3 Jan 20263 Jan 2026<\/p>\n

Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n

share2<\/p>\n

Share<\/p>\n

Jake Paul has slipped out of the WBA cruiserweight rankings after the YouTuber-turned-boxer was soundly beaten by former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua last month.<\/p>\n

Paul\u2019s jaw was broken in two places and the American needed surgery to repair the damage after Joshua\u2019s sixth-round knockout victory<\/a> in a heavyweight bout in Miami.<\/p>\n

Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list<\/p>\n

The event had drawn criticism ahead of the bout due to the disparity in the sheer size and experience of the boxers, while Paul spent much of the fight dancing around the ring rather than engaging Joshua.<\/p>\n

Paul (12-2, 7 KOs) had entered the WBA\u2019s cruiserweight rankings at No 14 in July shortly after he beat 39-year-old Julio Cesar Chavez Jr by unanimous decision in Anaheim, California.<\/p>\n

He was at No 15 entering the bout against Joshua. Bosnia\u2019s Edin Puhalo has taken Paul\u2019s place in the top 15, having recorded his 29th career win in December.<\/p>\n

The WBA ranking announcement and changes were for the period ending December 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Paul\u2019s defeat by Anthony Joshua in their heavyweight bout in December has seen American boxer lose his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,2057,44,588,85,3586,1055,6075],"class_list":{"0":"post-389883","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-sport","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-us-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389883","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=389883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}