{"id":362379,"date":"2025-12-22T20:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/362379\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T20:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:25:07","slug":"eddie-hearn-names-the-biggest-star-in-world-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/362379\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn names the \u2018biggest star in world boxing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On December 19, at the Kaseya Center in Miami, <a href=\"https:\/\/bigfightweekend.com\/recaps\/jake-paul-anthony-joshua-results\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Joshua defeated Jake Paul<\/a> by sixth-round knockout. It was a huge event, with the main event difficult to watch throughout. Paul seemed unwilling to engage, while Joshua\u2019s timing looked off. The Brit eventually got to his man, landing a big right hand, with Paul unable to beat the referee\u2019s count. Eddie Hearn has spoken to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y8fZ4faMHio\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ariel Helwani<\/a>, reflecting on the success of the night and Joshua\u2019s standing in world boxing.<\/p>\n<p>Eddie Hearn reflects on Anthony Joshua defeating Jake Paul<\/p>\n<p>The knockout punch from <a href=\"https:\/\/bigfightweekend.com\/news\/anthony-joshua-appraisal-paul-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joshua<\/a> came in the sixth round, breaking Paul\u2019s jaw in two places. When reflecting on the win and the success of the night for the team, Hearn said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually quite like the fact that we got some rounds, because we got a chance to work with a new team. It was a wonderful experience for us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAJ made a fortune. His star power in the US has gone through the roof\u2026 He\u2019s been an icon over here amongst the ladies for many decades, but now in the US, as well\u2026 He\u2019s one of the most recognizable figures in sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt ticked every box, right? Profile, money, activity. It couldn\u2019t have gone better for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Joshua declared biggest star in boxing<\/p>\n<p>Talking about the win over Paul and how this affects AJ\u2019s standing in the boxing world, Hearn said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis changes everything. People don\u2019t like it when I say, there is absolutely no question that Anthony Joshua is the biggest star in world boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEddie Hearn discusses Anthony Joshua\u2019s stardom following Friday\u2019s win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attention has now turned to what comes next for Joshua. The Fury fight dangles in the background, but it\u2019s expected to be in early 2026 before a potential clash with The Gypsy King.<\/p>\n<p>A fight for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/2148244\/anthony-joshua-next-fight-confirmed\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">AJ in February<\/a> has been mentioned, but 2026 looks set to be an interesting year for the Brit as he targets another world title shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On December 19, at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Anthony Joshua defeated Jake Paul by sixth-round knockout. It&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-362379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362379","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=362379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}