{"id":359639,"date":"2025-12-21T11:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T11:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/359639\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T11:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T11:46:12","slug":"jake-paul-adviser-blames-anthony-joshua-loss-on-size-not-skill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/359639\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul adviser blames Anthony Joshua loss on size, not skill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">YouTuber-turned professional boxer Jake Paul suffered the first knockout loss of his career at the hands of former Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua last night (Fri., Dec. 19, 2025) at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\/410641\/jake-vs-joshua-live-streaming-results-video-highlights-from-miami-judgement-day\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Judgement Day<\/a> inside the Kayesa Center in Miami, Florida (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\/410991\/highlights-jake-paul-plays-running-man-gets-knocked-out-by-anthony-joshua-anyway\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watch highlights<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While many fans believed Paul wouldn\u2019t survive beyond the opening rounds, \u201cEl Gallo\u201d managed to drag the bout into the sixth, largely by circling the ring and smothering Joshua in clinches whenever exchanges heated up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Despite the eventual stoppage, Paul\u2019s adviser and Most Valuable Promotions co-founder Nakisa Bidarian insisted the loss had little to do with skill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cUltimately, Jake Paul lasted a lot longer than anyone said he was going to,\u201d Bidarian said during the post-fight press conference. \u201cI think he might have won a round or two, maybe even three. He was doing tremendously well against someone who is vastly larger, vastly more powerful \u2014 and he did it on four weeks\u2019 preparation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bidarian went further, claiming the deciding factor was Joshua\u2019s size rather than technical superiority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe reality is, Jake lost because of the size difference, not because of the skill difference,\u201d he added. \u201cAJ was hanging on his neck, pushing him down, and when you have someone that heavy doing that constantly, it drains your energy. He didn\u2019t take Jake\u2019s soul \u2014 he took his energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bidarian also framed the result as a moral victory, noting it took Joshua six rounds to stop a boxer who has been competing professionally for just six years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While credit is due for standing by his fighter, suggesting Paul possessed more skill than a former Heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist borders on absurd \u2014 particularly given Paul\u2019s punch-and-clinch strategy and nonstop retreat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Still, simply stepping into the ring with Joshua deserves respect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"YouTuber-turned professional boxer Jake Paul suffered the first knockout loss of his career at the hands of former&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[36109,49,48,641,638,82,3194],"class_list":["post-359639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-boxing-news-results","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}