Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul are to struggle subsequent month.
Anthony Joshua will tackle Jake Paul on the Kaseya Middle in Miami subsequent month
AJ, 36, will likely be getting into to the ring for the primary time since his bout with Daniel Dubois, 28, in September 2024 to do battle with The Drawback Baby, additionally 28, on December 19 on the Kaseya Middle in Miami, Florida.
The struggle – which will likely be streamed on Netflix – will encompass eight three-minute rounds.
In a press release, Joshua stated: “I took a while out and I am coming again with a mega present. It is a huge alternative for me.
“Whether or not you prefer it or not, I am right here to do huge numbers, have huge fights and break each report while retaining cool, calm and picked up.
“Mark my phrases, you may see much more fighters take these alternatives sooner or later. I am about to interrupt the web over Jake Paul’s face.”
The previous heavyweight champion will likely be coming right down to underneath 245lbs for the struggle, with each AJ and The Drawback Baby set to put on regulation 10-ounce gloves.
Paul stated in a press release of his personal: “This is not an AI simulation. That is Judgment Day.
“After I beat Anthony Joshua, each doubt disappears, and no-one can deny me the chance to struggle for a world title. To all my haters, that is what you needed.”
Paul confirmed the primary press convention for the bout will happen on November 21 at 1PM EST/10AM PST on the Kaseya Middle in Miami.
The Drawback Baby additionally claimed he was being paid $267 million to struggle Joshua.
Nakisa Bidarian – the CEO of Paul’s firm Most Useful Promotions – stated it’s “an unbelievable day”.
He instructed Sky Sports activities: “Jake considered this in March of this yr and stated, ‘I need to struggle Anthony Joshua’.
“Folks laughed then. In July the query was requested, ‘Do you see this taking place?’ – and the plan was to do that in March or April of 2026. Plans modified and Jake stood up and stated, ‘I need to face Joshua now.’”
Paul has lengthy expressed his curiosity in preventing Joshua, and had approached AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn to arrange the struggle for after his cancelled bout with Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis – which was canned as soon as a lawsuit was filed in opposition to Davis by his ex-girlfriend accusing him of battery, aggravated battery, false imprisonment, kidnapping and intentional infliction of emotional misery.
