{"id":44777,"date":"2025-11-13T04:47:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T04:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/44777\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T04:47:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T04:47:43","slug":"anthony-joshua-jake-paul-finalizing-december-fight-in-miami-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/44777\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua, Jake Paul finalizing December fight in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Joshua<\/a> and Jake Paul<\/a> are finalizing a deal for a heavyweight fight on Netflix in December in Miami, sources told The Ring. <\/p>\n

Joshua and Paul were engaged in talks this summer, but the sides couldn\u2019t reach terms on a deal. One of the sticking points at the time, as The Ring reported then, were the networks. <\/p>\n

Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) is exclusively with DAZN while Paul was looking to stage an event on Netflix, the same platform that streamed his event with the then-58-year-old Mike Tyson last year. <\/p>\n

Those issues have now been ironed out, sources said. <\/p>\n

Besides the major paydays Joshua and Paul will rake in, the pairing makes sense from a timing perspective. Paul was seeking a new dance partner after Gervonta Davis was pulled last week from Friday\u2019s scheduled exhibition on Netflix in Miami after the latest domestic violence allegations against him. <\/p>\n

Joshua, meanwhile, was targeting a warm-up fight late this year, promoter Eddie Hearn said this week. The 36-year-old former heavyweight champion hasn\u2019t competed since September 2024, when Daniel Dubois stopped him in five rounds. <\/p>\n

With talk of Joshua potentially facing Tyson Fury next year, he was looking for a comeback fight to prepare and shake off the rust. <\/p>\n

For Paul, it\u2019s a massive leap in competition \u2013 the first time he\u2019ll face a world-class fighter who is near his size and close to his prime. <\/p>\n

Paul, 27, is coming off a decision win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. this summer. <\/p>\n

Other names Paul (12-1, 7 KOs) considered for the event: boxing stars Terence Crawford and Ryan Garcia. Crawford turned down the fight, per sources, while Garcia was unavailable as he\u2019s set to face Mario Barrios in a welterweight title fight early next year. <\/p>\n

Joshua, one of the biggest boxing attractions in British history, is no stranger to high-profile fights with boxing novices. Last year, he scored a spectacular second-round KO of former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou. <\/p>\n

Follow Mike Coppinger on X\/Instagram: @MikeCoppinger. He co-hosts Inside the Ring every Monday with Max Kellerman. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul are finalizing a deal for a heavyweight fight on Netflix in December in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[29088,29098,29091,29097,29096,29089,28097,29092,29093,29094,29095,29090,29102,8011,22011,29083,29084,29100,29085,123,125,124,29082,29103,29099,29101,29081,29087,29086],"class_list":["post-44777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-community","tag-boxing-fights","tag-boxing-history","tag-boxing-interviews","tag-boxing-magazine","tag-boxing-news","tag-boxing-photos","tag-boxing-rankings","tag-boxing-results","tag-boxing-schedule","tag-boxing-videos","tag-disqualification","tag-draw","tag-fight","tag-fighter","tag-fighter-news","tag-knockout","tag-latest-boxing-matches","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-ring","tag-ring-magazine","tag-split-decision","tag-technical-knockout","tag-the-ring","tag-top-fighters","tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}