{"id":303647,"date":"2025-12-07T18:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T18:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/303647\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T18:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T18:05:14","slug":"anthony-joshua-hopes-to-destroy-jake-paul-in-boxing-fight-thats-my-intention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/303647\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua Hopes to &#8216;Destroy&#8217; Jake Paul in Boxing Fight, &#8216;That&#8217;s My Intention&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Anthony Joshua is looking forward to potentially knocking out Jake Paul in their upcoming heavyweight bout. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;I know the expectations and demands these fans have,&#8221; Joshua told <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/12\/06\/anthony-joshua-jake-paul-boxing\/?adid=social-tws&amp;utm_social_post_id=617222025&amp;utm_social_handle_id=117270375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">TMZ Sports<\/a>. &#8220;And I respect it. If I didn&#8217;t respect it, I&#8217;d be honest with you and say, &#8216;No they&#8217;re talking rubbish,&#8217; but I do. I do get it because I hold myself in that same regard, so I need to [KO Jake] and that&#8217;s my intention, to seek and destroy!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">While the former two-time unified heavyweight champion agreed to weigh no more than 245 pounds at the weigh-in on Dec. 18, there&#8217;s no restriction on how much weight he can add on following the weigh-in. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;On fight night, I may come in a couple of pounds heavier, but if I&#8217;m honest with you, I really do like this weight,&#8221; Joshua told TMZ Sports. &#8220;It&#8217;s actually been a blessing in disguise that this task was put upon me because I feel good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The 36-year-old has put together a stellar career with a 28-4 record highlighted by 25 knockouts, but hasn&#8217;t fought since he lost to Daniel Dubois in Sept. 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">As for Paul, he owns a 12-1 record and most recently defeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on June 28. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Their eight-round bout will be available to stream on Netflix on Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua is looking forward to potentially knocking out Jake Paul in their upcoming heavyweight bout. &#8220;I know&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-303647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303647","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=303647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}