Jake Paul‘s legal team are ‘actively’ hunting down critics who claim his devastating knockout loss to Anthony Joshua was fixed, according to the boxer’s promoter.
The YouTube-turned-boxer suffered a brutal defeat in Miami last Friday when British heavyweight Joshua sent him crashing to the canvas in the sixth round.Â
Despite Paul leaving the ring with a jaw broken in two places and blood gushing from his mouth, internet skeptics have claimed the fight followed a pre-written script.
Now, Paul’s business partner and MVP co-founder Nakisa Bidarian has confirmed that lawyers are already moving against the doubters.
‘Our lawyers are actively going after a number of people,’ Bidarian told Uncrowned’s ‘The Ariel Helwani Show’ on Monday.
‘One who claims to be a lawyer himself online… basically, this post said there was an agreement for ‘AJ’ not to knock out Jake.’
Jake Paul’s legal team are ‘actively’ hunting down critics who claim his devastating knockout loss to Anthony Joshua was fixed
MVP co-founder Nakisa Bidarian confirmed that lawyers are moving against the doubters
🚨 BREAKING: @nakisa_bidarian addresses claims that Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua was fixed.
“Our lawyers are actively going after a number of people — one who even claims to be a lawyer online. There was a post with around 200k likes claiming there was an agreement for AJ not to… pic.twitter.com/H3PVXOlcQf
— RingSide (@TheRingSideNews) December 22, 2025
The post in question reportedly suggested that Joshua ‘disregarded the agreement’ and chose to ‘mitigate his payday’ just to finish Paul.
Bidarian slammed the allegations as ‘pretty astonishing’ and ‘beyond mind-blowing.’
‘There’s never once in Jake Paul’s career been any talk of that sort of [thing],’ he insisted.
‘Anthony Joshua was on record saying that if he didn’t finish him in the first round, that would be disappointing, that would be a failure.’
Matchroom boss Eddie Hearn has also stepped in to blast the ‘fix’ claims, insisting there was ‘absolutely no way ever’ that the bout was scripted.
Hearn, who promotes Joshua, argued that if AJ’s earlier right hands had landed, they would have done the ‘same job on Jake’s jaw.’
‘We’re not actors here, you know? It was 100% real,’ Hearn said on The Ariel Helwani Show.
The promoter pointed to Paul’s horrific injuries as proof, noting that the YouTuber suffered a jaw broken in two places and lost multiple teeth.
Paul is believed to have earned around $92m from the fight, despite his bad injury from it
Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn is adamant the Jake Paul-Anthony Joshua fight wasn’t ‘fixed’
‘There have been many fighters that have had their jaws broken that have never boxed again,’ Hearn warned.
Earlier this year, outspoken broadcaster Piers Morgan was forced into a humiliating U-turn after describing Paul’s career as ‘boring, staged bulls***’.
Morgan issued a lengthy apology to his 8.9million followers after Paul retained power-lawyer Alex Spiro, who is known for representing Elon Musk.
The media personality admitted he ‘did not intend to suggest the outcome was predetermined’ and even invited Paul onto his show to discuss the matter.
Paul, 28, remains in recovery after undergoing surgery to have two titanium plates inserted into his jaw.
The loss at the Kaseya Center was only the second of his career, having previously been defeated by Tommy Fury, and his first time being stopped.
For Joshua, 36, the victory marks a much-needed resurgence following his shock loss to Daniel Dubois last year.
The British heavyweight is now reportedly eyeing a 2026 mega-fight with Tyson Fury.
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Jake Paul’s promoter launches legal action against critics who claimed Anthony Joshua fight was ‘fixed’