From a logical standpoint, it\u2019s a smart move for Joshua and Hearn to fight Jake Paul in December, using him as a tune-up, while making a lot of money in the process.<\/p>\n
Hearn already said that the idea is to choose someone for an undercard assignment. However, a fight between Joshua and Paul wouldn\u2019t be a typical undercard match. There will be too much fan interest to stow that fight away on an undercard.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, there are ongoing conversations. I can\u2019t tell you they\u2019re close. I can\u2019t tell you we\u2019ve seen a contract,\u201d said Hearn about the Joshua vs. Paul negotiations. \u201cBut if he genuinely wants to fight Anthony, I wouldn\u2019t see why he wouldn\u2019t have a chance to do that fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur focus is on a charge for the heavyweight world championship and a charge at Tyson Fury. We can\u2019t control that either. Absolutely, at the moment, anything is possible,\u201d said Hearn.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s not a lot of time for Matchroom to negotiate a fight between Joshua and Paul. With December just a month away, Hearn would need to bang out a deal between them rapidly for the mega-fight to happen in December.<\/p>\n
Jake Paul\u2019s Knockout Threat<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a fight that could turn out to be a disaster for Joshua because he\u2019s coming off a devastating fifth-round knockout against Daniel Dubois on September 21, 2024, and he\u2019ll have been out of the ring for 15 months by the time he faces Paul in December 2025. Further, Joshua is 36, and he has a lot of miles on the odometer from his 12-year professional career.<\/p>\n
Losing to Jake Paul will likely send Joshua into retirement. There would be no reason for him to continue fighting at that point. He\u2019s only hanging around now with the hope of fighting Fury and winning another world title.<\/p>\n
Last August, Bidarian made it known<\/a> that a fight between Joshua and Jake Paul was merely a matter of \u201chitting, \u2018go.’\u201d This could be the time to make it, provided they can negotiate a deal fast enough to squeeze the fight in before the end of the year.<\/p>\n Since 2014, Olly Campbell has brought readers clear ringside perspective and a steady voice on boxing\u2019s biggest nights.<\/p>\n Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb – An Analyst’s Perspective<\/a> \u00bb \u2018Why Not for a Lot of Money?\u2019 \u2013 Hearn Open to Anthony Joshua vs. Jake Paul Runout Fight Before 2026 Title Push<\/p>\n Last Updated on 11\/07\/2025 \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Promoter Eddie Hearn says he\u2019s in talks with Jake Paul\u2019s adviser and co-founder of Most Valuable Promotions (MVP),…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-250053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"YouTube](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762550708_143_hqdefault.jpg\"\/)
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