{"id":144914,"date":"2025-11-17T17:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T17:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/144914\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T17:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T17:29:07","slug":"joshua-to-face-youtube-star-jake-paul-in-boxing-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/144914\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua to face YouTube star Jake Paul in boxing match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Joshua will take on YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in a heavyweight bout in Miami on 19 December, Matchroom Boxing has announced.<\/p>\n<p>The fight at the Kaseya Centre will consist of eight three-minute rounds, with the boxers using 10oz gloves.<\/p>\n<p>Former world heavyweight champion Joshua has not fought since being stopped by British compatriot Daniel Dubois at Wembley in September 2024 in their IBF title bout.<\/p>\n<p>The bout will be broadcast on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">Be careful what you wish for \ud83e\udd2b<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Joshua fights Jake Paul, Friday 19 December in Miami \ud83d\udca5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8p0grSqp32\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/8p0grSqp32<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matchroom Boxing (@MatchroomBoxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatchroomBoxing\/status\/1990404724210671800\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul has been defeated by Tommy Fury, brother of Tyson, while also notching 12 wins in his professional career.<\/p>\n<p>The fight is certain to receive criticism as Paul has not even won a regional title in his career, but it will also secure a career-high payday for Joshua.<\/p>\n<p>Paul&#8217;s fights have often been against older boxers or former UFC fighters under boxing rules, and also include a points victory over then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/sport\/boxing\/2024\/1116\/1481257-easy-win-for-paul-but-58-year-old-tyson-goes-distance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">58-year-old Mike Tyson<\/a> last November.<\/p>\n<p>His last fight saw him claim a unanimous decision win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr in June and he had been set to take on Gervonta Davis this month before a civil lawsuit filed against the WBA lightweight champion saw that fight cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua, who suffered a fifth-round knockout by Dubois, said: &#8220;Jake or anyone can get this work. No mercy. I took some time out and I\u2019m coming back with a mega show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a big opportunity for me. Whether you like it or not, I\u2019m here to do massive numbers, have big fights and break every record whilst keeping cool, calm and collected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mark my words, you\u2019ll see a lot more fighters take these opportunities in the future. I\u2019m about to break the internet over Jake Paul\u2019s face.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Paul added: &#8220;This isn\u2019t an AI simulation. This is Judgment Day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A professional heavyweight fight against an elite world champion in his prime. When I beat Anthony Joshua, every doubt disappears and no one can deny me the opportunity to fight for a world title.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To all my haters, this is what you wanted. To the people of the United Kingdom, I am sorry. On Friday, 19 December, under the lights in Miami, live globally only on Netflix, the torch gets passed and Britain\u2019s Goliath gets put to sleep.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua will take on YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in a heavyweight bout in Miami on 19 December, Matchroom&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-144914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}