{"id":40589,"date":"2025-08-03T15:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T15:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/40589\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T15:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T15:29:10","slug":"jake-paul-vs-anthony-joshua-should-not-be-sanctioned-or-licensed-but-heres-why-its-still-going-to-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/40589\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua ‘should not be sanctioned or licensed’ – but here’s why it’s still going to happen"},"content":{"rendered":"

talkSPORT’s Gareth A. Davies has asserted that a potential fight between Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua ‘should not be sanctioned.’<\/p>\n

However, he still believes the massive crossover clash will take place, while boxing agent Sam Jones has tipped it to be the most watched bout in boxing’s history.<\/p>\n

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Joshua hasn’t fought since September 21, when he was knocked out by Daniel DuboisCredit: Getty\"While<\/a><\/p>\n

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While Paul has captured the world’s attention from his bouts, most notably against Mike TysonCredit: Esther Lin\/MVP<\/p>\n

Paul, 28, expressed his desire to meet Joshua in the ring after outpointing Julio Cesar Chavez Jr\u00a0in his last fight<\/a> in June.<\/p>\n

And the rumours of the pair fighting have only grown in recent weeks, given the involvement of Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last month, former WBA super-middleweight champion George Groves<\/a> told talkSPORT that he would rather ‘AJ’ go into retirement<\/a> if the Brit decides to fight anyone but Tyson Fury<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking on talkSPORT’s Fight Night on Saturday night, Davies and Jones discussed the potential meeting of Paul and Joshua, and both men certainly made a point.<\/p>\n

“I do not believe this fight should be sanctioned or licensed because it’s not safe for Jake Paul<\/a>,” Davies said simply.<\/p>\n

“We are looking at an area-level cruiserweight\/heavyweight. An area-level, a local area, UK level, British level fighter.<\/p>\n

“He’s already lost to Tommy Fury<\/a>, who is very much a near-fight boxer.<\/p>\n

“So, in safety terms, I don’t think it should be sanctioned. In promotional terms, it is so unmissable. It will probably make so much money.<\/p>\n

“This fight, in my view, is going to happen.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jones was offered the floor to give his thoughts on the situation and explained why the bout is, in fact, so consequential.<\/p>\n

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Boxing agent Jones said ‘AJ’ vs Paul would be the most viewed fight in the sport’s historyCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

“Listen, if the Jake Paul fight happens for Anthony Joshua<\/a>, people will complain like they always do,” he said.<\/p>\n

“But it will be the most viewed fight probably in the history of boxing.<\/p>\n

“The main reason I would tune into this, and it sounds strange, but do you remember Simon Cowell on Britain’s Got Talent?<\/p>\n

“When he used to say, when a magician came on and locked himself in a water box and had to escape it \u2014 it was the jeopardy.<\/p>\n

“I want to watch it because of the sheer jeopardy of that fight… It’s car crash TV.<\/p>\n

“And listen you want Jake Paul to be safe no matter what you think of the guy.<\/p>\n

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Paul vs Joshua would be watched by millions around the worldCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

“You want him to be safe, but there’s real jeopardy in that fight. Like getting hit by Tommy Fury and Julio Cesar Chavez [Jr], compared to getting hit by a right hand from Anthony Joshua.”<\/p>\n

Jones concluded by insisting he believes Paul is ‘mad enough’ to think he can win a fight against Joshua, which is why he thinks it will happen.<\/p>\n

Paul has reportedly already agreed to a 99-1 purse split with Joshua, meaning he will receive just one per cent of the total prize pot.<\/p>\n

Paul pocketed around $40million to fight\u00a0Mike Tyson<\/a>\u00a0last November, but wouldn’t come anywhere near that sum if those reports are accurate.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Joshua could receive one of the biggest purses in boxing history through a fight with Paul.<\/p>\n

He could make well and beyond eight figures for a man who made his boxing debut only five years ago, so it’s understandable why ‘AJ’ may act upon Paul’s desires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"talkSPORT’s Gareth A. Davies has asserted that a potential fight between Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua ‘should not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[35855,8075,64,63,802,35853,1920,35854,9225,35852,35856,85],"class_list":["post-40589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-aj","tag-anthony-joshua","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-latest","tag-boxing-news","tag-is-jake-paul-fighting-anthony-joshua","tag-jake-paul","tag-jake-paul-vs-anthony-joshua","tag-joshua-vs-paul","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40589","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=40589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}