{"id":50827,"date":"2025-11-18T04:14:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T04:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/50827\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T04:14:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T04:14:47","slug":"anthony-joshua-jake-paul-confirmed-for-miamis-kaseya-center-dec-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/50827\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua-Jake Paul Confirmed For Miami’s Kaseya Center, Dec. 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

As first reported by The Ring’s Mike Coppinger<\/a>, Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul have now finalized a deal for a heavyweight fight to be streamed on Netflix come December 19 in Miami.
Joshua<\/a> (28-4, 25 KOs) hasn’t boxed since his fifth-round stoppage defeat by Daniel Dubois<\/a> in September 2024, though Matchroom chief Eddie Hearn repeatedly teased the possibility of the two-time unified champion returning to action before the year’s end.
Now, the plan is for him to box Paul<\/a> (12-1, 7 KOs) in a scheduled eight-rounder before kickstarting his 2026 campaign in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital city sometime in February.
Paul was originally slated to face WBA lightweight world champion Gervonta Davis<\/a> (30-0-1, 28 KOs) in the same city and venue on November 14, before the entire event was shelved on a week’s notice after the unbeaten beltholder’s latest domestic violence allegations<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Per MVP’s press release, their fight will be contested with 10oz gloves while information relating to undercard bouts and co-main event details will be settled in the coming weeks. <\/p>\n

MVP CEO Nakisa Bidarian has since told Sky Sports that Joshua will have a 245-pound weight limit restriction placed on him, having tipped the scales heavier than that in each of his last five bouts following an unsuccessful two-fight series with undisputed titleholder Oleksandr Usyk<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Paul was quoted as saying: “This isn’t an AI simulation, this is judgment day. A professional heavyweight fight against an elite world champion in his prime. When I beat Anthony Joshua, every doubt disappears, and no-one can deny me the opportunity to fight for a world title. To all my haters, this is what you wanted. To the people of the United Kingdom, I am sorry – the torch gets passed and Britain’s Goliath gets put to sleep.”<\/p>\n

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Joshua meanwhile, acknowledged the lucrative opportunity on offer to make another quick night’s work – ala Francis Ngannou in March 2024 – against a famous YouTube personality. <\/p>\n

“Jake or anyone can get this work, no mercy. I took some time out and I’m coming back with a mega show, it’s a big opportunity for me. Whether you like it or not, I’m here to do massive numbers, have big fights and break every record while keeping cool, calm and collected. <\/p>\n

“Mark my words, you’ll see a lot more fighters take these opportunities in the future. I’m about to break the internet over Jake Paul’s face.”<\/p>\n

The event’s tagline is deemed Judgment Day, with the kick-off press conference scheduled for Friday, November 21 at 1pm ET and open to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis. <\/p>\n

During DAZN’s Chris Eubank Jr-Conor Benn II broadcast on Saturday night, Turki Alalshikh teased that next September<\/a>, he would bring Britain ‘one of the greatest fights in history’, with all indications leading to a long-awaited showdown between him and Tyson Fury<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This summer, Alalshikh told ThaBoxingVoice on a livestream of his desire to see Joshua-Paul at some stage, purely to prove a point – whether Joshua truly was as diminished as critics suggest, or if Paul’s divisive strategy in a ruthless sport could continue much longer.<\/p>\n

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This afternoon, both MVP and Matchroom have both confirmed the same: their proposed matchup will go ahead as planned, at Miami’s Kaseya Center. <\/p>\n

A sticking point – their contrasting broadcasting networks – were ironed out in negotiations. Joshua signed a long-term exclusive DAZN deal in 2022, while cruiserweight hopeful Paul has been aligned with Netflix since agreeing to face Mike Tyson in early 2024. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As first reported by The Ring’s Mike Coppinger, Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul have now finalized a deal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50828,"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-50827","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\/50827","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=50827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}