Jake VS Joshua

[sensei8]

Many fighting fans finally got their wish.

Jake VS Joshua fight at the Kaseya Center in Miami, FL saw Jake Paul being knocked out by Anthony Joshua.

To Jake’s credit, the former YouTube star has turned himself into a boxing novelty.

Not only was Paul knocked out by a tremendous right hook from Joshua, but Paul’s jaw was broken in 2 places with 1:48 remaining in the 6th round. 

Paul’s surgery went well. Doctors placed 2 titanium plates on each side of his jaw.

For the first time, Paul fought a boxer worth his salt in Joshua, so much so, that Joshua dominated the entire fight.

While many fighting fans might’ve enjoyed seeing Jake lose, Jake got the last laugh at the tune of $100M on Netflix over the weekend.

Edited Tuesday at 05:49 AM by sensei8

[Zaine]

$100M isn't a bad price, but I think Paul let his ego get the best of him in his decision to accept this fight. Like you said, he's a novelty boxer. Part of the bit is the tendency of people to hate watch the bouts in the hopes that he gets knocked out. It's possible that he took this fight to deliver that and create a comeback narrative, but there had to be a less painful way of doing so. In any event, I would be lying if I said I didn't watch the highlight reel more than a few times.

[Furinkazan]

I would never consider myself a Jake Paul fan, but I have a lot of respect for what he does.  In this case, he fought six rounds with Anthony Joshua.  How many of us could do the same thing?  How many of Jake Paul's haters could do it?  Everyone seems to forget that Francis Ngannou got knocked out by Anthony Joshua in the second round, so Jake Paul did far better than Ngannou.  And Ngannou is no pushover: he went the distance with Tyson Fury before that.

[bushido_man96]

Did Paul get knocked out?  I'd heard that he wasn't, but the fight was over because of the broken jaw.

[sensei8]

6 hours ago, bushido_man96 said:

Did Paul get knocked out?  I'd heard that he wasn't, but the fight was over because of the broken jaw.

“The ending came in the sixth round, when Joshua landed a straight right followed with a right-left combination, knocking Paul down for the time at 1 minute 31 seconds. Paul attempted to get up but the referee counting him out as he reached his feet.” ~Wikipedia 

With that being said, by definition, that means a Knockout.

 

[sensei8]

“During the post-fight interviews, Joshua praised Paul, “Jake Paul, he's done really well tonight. I want to give him his props. He got up time and time again. It was difficult in there for him, but he kept on trying to find a way. It takes a real man to do that. Anyone who laces up the gloves, we always say we give them their respect. We have to give Jake his respect for trying. Well done, but he came up against a real fighter tonight.””

“According to CompuBox, Joshua landed 48 of 146 punches (33%), while Paul landed with just 16 of his 56 shots (29%).”

Both quotes per Wikipedia. 

Jashua taunted Tyson Fury after the fight. Perhaps we’ll see a Fury VS Joshua fight next year.