{"id":324394,"date":"2025-12-19T09:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/324394\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T09:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:45:11","slug":"what-belts-have-aj-held-who-has-he-beaten-and-lost-to-ahead-of-jake-paul-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/324394\/","title":{"rendered":"What belts have AJ held, who has he beaten and lost to ahead of Jake Paul clash?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANTHONY JOSHUA is used to fighting for titles but instead gets in the ring to avoid embarrassment against Jake Paul.<\/p>\n<p>A whopping \u00a3200m prize pot has convinced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/who\/anthony-joshua\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AJ<\/a> to do battle with the influencer-turned boxer.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for The US Sun newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Joshua is a former heavyweight champion who has lost just four times in his careerCredit: AFP<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/who\/jake-paul\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul<\/a> is a major step down in terms of opponent quality for the British star, who is used to facing the best in the world rather than an influencer.<\/p>\n<p>What is Anthony Joshua\u2019s boxing record? <\/p>\n<p>Joshua has had 32 fights as a professional ahead of his bout with Paul.<\/p>\n<p>He has won 28 of them, 25 via knockout. AJ has been on the end of four losses and two via knockout.<\/p>\n<p>A win over Wladimir Klitschko in 2017 saw him walk away as the WBA (Super), IBF, and IBO heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/sport\/15660324\/jake-paul-netflix-anthony-joshua-money\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jake-paul-anthony-joshua-face-1046481745_8c7a0b.webp\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">PAUL IN<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">Jake Paul reveals eyewatering amount his fight with Anthony Joshua is worth<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And he followed it with wins over the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/who\/joseph-parker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joseph Parker<\/a> and Alexander Povetkin.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, he brutally KO\u2019d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/who\/francis-ngannou\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Francis Ngannou<\/a> to end the UFC legend\u2019s spell as a boxer.<\/p>\n<p>Who has Anthony Joshua lost to?<\/p>\n<p>The Brit\u2019s first career loss came against Andy Ruiz Jr back in June 2019.<\/p>\n<p>It came as a huge shock to the world of boxing as nobody gave Ruiz Jr a chance going into the fight.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua was put on the floor four times by the Mexican before the fight was stopped in the seventh round.<\/p>\n<p>AJ got revenge on him in their rematch later that year.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz Jr 1Credit: GETTY<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/who\/oleksandr-usyk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> was the Brit\u2019s next nemesis as Ukrainian beat him via unanimous decision at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium back in September 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua was out for revenge when they met the following year in Saudi Arabia, but Usyk got the win again by split decision.<\/p>\n<p>The former Olympic gold medallist lost his last fight to fellow Daniel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/who\/daniel-dubois\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dubois<\/a>, getting KO\u2019d in the fifth round at Wembley Stadium in September 2024.<\/p>\n<p>What world title belts has Anthony Joshua held? <\/p>\n<p>Joshua first became a world champion back in 2016, when he won the IBF title from Charles Martin. <\/p>\n<p>The Watford-born star then added the vacant WBA and IBO titles to his collection when he knocked out Klitschko in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>AJ then picked up the WBO world title from Parker in 2018, beating the New Zealander in a cagey affair in Cardiff. <\/p>\n<p>Joshua lost all four belts to Ruiz Jr and was stopped by the Mexican in the process before winning them back on points last December. <\/p>\n<p>AJ has currently no belts to his name following his two successive defeats to Oleksandr Usyk and having lost to Dubois for IBF strap.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJake Paul vs Anthony Joshua &#8211; all the info\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RF-PAUL-AJ-17NOV_OP-1.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-boxout__content__intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA true Christmas miracle!\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The world will stand still TOMORROW NIGHT as the face of British boxing,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/sport\/15503331\/anthony-joshua-jake-paul-december-19-fight-netflix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Anthony Joshua,<\/a>\u00a0is all set to go up against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul.<\/p>\n<p>AJ steps in on a month\u2019s notice after Paul\u2019s \u2018David vs Goliath\u2019 Gervonta Davis clash was axed due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/sport\/15437571\/jake-paul-gervonta-davis-off-domestic-abuse-allegations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tank\u2019s civil suit case.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Joshua will be desperate not to suffer the same fate as legends Mike Tyson and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, who both lost to YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul.<\/p>\n<p>Particularly as a handsome figure was negotiated to get this Judgement Day deal over the line due to AJ\u2019s DAZN contract.<\/p>\n<p>INFO<\/p>\n<p>LATEST NEWS<\/p>\n<p>VIDEO<\/p>\n<p>*If you click on a link in this boxout, we will earn affiliate revenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANTHONY JOSHUA is used to fighting for titles but instead gets in the ring to avoid embarrassment against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,59672,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-324394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-explainers","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324394","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=324394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}