During their initial face-off, Jake Paul appeared to be nervous, but now he has settled in, and he’s preaching confidence. Paul is a polarizing social media figure, while his opponent, Anthony Joshua, is the face of British boxing.
Surprisingly, Jake Paul has been wanting to fight Anthony Joshua for the past couple of years due to the fact that he’s not impressed with Joshua’s skill set. Paul thinks Joshua is a basic fighter who has achieved success because of his size and power.
Anthony Joshua respects Jake Paul as an opponent, but he believes Jake isn’t close to being on his level. Rapper/Sports Analyst Cam’ron hosted an episode of MVP Face 2 Face. During the episode, Joshua elaborated on his theory.
“It’s not that he can’t compete, but when you talk about, for example, music, how many albums I put out, how many mixtapes I put out. He just doesn’t have the body of work I got in boxing,” Joshua stated.
Both AJ and Jake are taking this fight seriously, but some fight fans are still feeling skeptical. Those fans believe the fight is scripted and it’s laced with contractual clauses.
Fans can rest assured regarding the Jake vs Joshua bout being a real fight. The only clause attached to the contract is that the 6’6″ 260 260-pound Anthony Joshua has to shrink down to 245 pounds.
Jake Paul’s team assumed the weight clause would be an advantage, but according to Anthony Joshua, the clause has been beneficial. As a result of the weight cut, Joshua says he feels faster and stronger.
Anthony Joshua is aware of the boxing community’s knockout expectations. AJ wants the knockout, but during the process of achieving the KO, Joshua wants to take Paul’s soul.
“When you’re fighting, you can just see a small glimmer of someone that’s just about to start fading, and then you just keep exploiting that,” Joshua said. “For me, it’s not just going in there and being dominant physically. I want to break him down spiritually and mentally.”
During the past five years, Jake Paul has trained hard and dedicated himself as it relates to becoming a legitimate boxer. However, the sport of boxing is based on levels, and Joshua is levels above Jake Paul.
Jake Paul says he will defeat Anthony Joshua, but the question is does Paul truly believe in what he’s saying? If you honestly analyze the fight, you should reach the conclusion that Anthony Joshua is going to knock out Jake Paul.
Paul is showing a tremendous amount of courage, but unfortunately for him, he doesn’t have the skills required to defeat Joshua. The former two-time heavyweight champion’s right hand is like NyQuil, and Jake Paul is going to get his dosage on Friday night.
When the bell rings to start the bout, Anthony Joshua is going to take his time, use his feints, throw the jab, and establish range and distance. Once Joshua makes the proper calculations, it will be lights out for Jake Paul.
It’s very difficult to show optimism in favor of Jake because it’s hard to see how Paul will manage to avoid getting hit by AJ’s right hand. Paul is solid on offense, but when Joshua presses forward, Paul won’t be able to effectively fight off the back foot.
For the Friday night Jake vs Joshua main event, the ring walks will be epic, and the crowd will be filled with electricity. However, the actual matchup will be brief, due to the fact that AJ’s medicated right glove will put Paul to sleep inside of four rounds.
