{"id":199601,"date":"2025-12-24T10:50:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T10:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/199601\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T10:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T10:50:17","slug":"jake-paul-struggles-to-speak-as-he-explains-biggest-mistake-he-made-before-sore-anthony-joshua-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/199601\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul struggles to speak as he explains ‘biggest mistake’ he made before sore Anthony Joshua defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jake Paul, visibly struggling to speak following surgery, has admitted that failing to train at altitude was his “biggest mistake” ahead of his heavyweight clash with Anthony Joshua.<\/p>\n

The YouTuber-turned-boxer suffered a devastating knockout in the sixth round last Friday, leaving him with a fractured jaw that required four titanium plates to repair.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the IMPAULSIVE podcast, Paul acknowledged his cardio let him down against the former unified heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n

“I should have gone to altitude to train,” he said. <\/p>\n

“That was my biggest mistake. I felt good about [my camp], yeah. But I just needed to have that extra level of cardio for this, and that only can come from going to altitude.”<\/p>\n

The bout at Miami’s Kaseya Center ended brutally for Paul, with Joshua sending him to the canvas for the final time in the opening moments of the sixth round.<\/p>\n

Paul was rushed to hospital immediately after the fight, where surgeons discovered his jaw had snapped in two separate places.<\/p>\n

\"Jake<\/p>\n

Jake Paul, visibly struggling to speak following surgery, has admitted that failing to train at altitude was his “biggest mistake” ahead of his heavyweight clash with Anthony Joshua<\/p>\n

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The 28-year-old also lost several teeth from the devastating blow.<\/p>\n

Describing the extent of his injuries to his brother Logan on the podcast episode that aired on Tuesday, Paul said: “It’s like there’s a baseball in there. Four titanium plates. It’s literally snapped, bro, completely snapped.”<\/p>\n

Joshua had already floored Paul twice during the fifth round before delivering the finishing blow.<\/p>\n

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Paul had originally been scheduled to face lightweight Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis last month, but that bout fell through following domestic violence allegations against Davis, which he denies.<\/p>\n

Rather than seeking another opponent closer to his natural weight, Paul opted to jump multiple divisions to take on the two-time unified heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n

Joshua entered the ring at 6-foot-6 and 243.4 pounds, presenting an enormous physical challenge.<\/p>\n

Paul conceded he had just three weeks to prepare for the fight and wished he could have added more muscle mass.<\/p>\n

“It was just mental,” he explained.<\/p>\n

“It was just like, him imposing his will on me, and being massive, and the big shots landing. Then, yeah, it pretty much all goes downhill from there.”<\/p>\n

\"Jake<\/p>\n

Jake Paul was left reeling following his defeat to Anthony Joshua but is choosing to take positives from the bout<\/p>\n

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From the opening bell, Paul adopted a cautious approach, constantly moving around the ring and maintaining distance from the 36-year-old Briton.<\/p>\n

His tactics of circling, stalling and clinching appeared designed to survive rather than engage directly with Joshua.<\/p>\n

However, these evasive manoeuvres eventually sapped his energy, leaving him visibly exhausted by the middle rounds.<\/p>\n

Despite the comprehensive defeat, Paul insisted he took positives from the experience.<\/p>\n

“It’s a great experience overall to be in there with someone that’s that good. I learned a lot. I see where I could have done better,” he reflected.<\/p>\n

“So, I’m a little disappointed, but I also know how good he is. But I had him wobbled at one point. I had him wobbled.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Paul, visibly struggling to speak following surgery, has admitted that failing to train at altitude was his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2023,430,156,111,43,139,69,51066,2022,3040,258],"class_list":["post-199601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-boxing","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sgg","tag-sport","tag-us","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}