Jake Paul showed up at 216.6, carrying himself like weight is optional. Anthony Joshua hit 243.4, the number of a man who has lived his whole career inside heavyweight damage. That gap isn’t theory. It’s consequence.
Paul can market himself as a cruiser if it helps him sleep. Joshua is a heavyweight who has spent years bullying bodies and cracking guards. If Jake turns size into a slogan, Joshua will turn it into force.
Baumgardner made weight — now she has to remind people she can hurt someone
Alycia Baumgardner hit 129.2. Leila Beaudoin hit 130.0.
That’s clean business. But weight never solved Alycia’s real question — does she still throw with authority, or has she turned into a rhythm merchant? Beaudoin is going to test output, not ceremony. Twelve threes will expose who has lungs and who has delusions.
Anderson Silva and Tyron Woodley at cruiser just feels like nostalgia disguised as relevance
Silva at 191.4 and Woodley at 194.0 is less about a divisional statement and more about two retired men borrowing weight classes to cash cheques. They’ve thrown hands before. They didn’t change the sport then. They won’t now.
Harvey weighed 129.6, Cervantes 130.0 — real prospects, real jeopardy. Someone’s “0” goes. Someone’s hype deflates. That’s worth more than nostalgia bouts and influencer courage.
The prelim slate is functional — champions stay busy, prospects get staged
Cherneka Johnson made 117.0, Amanda Galle 117.4.
Caroline Dubois hit 134.2, Panatta matched 134.2.
Yokasta Valle clocked 104.8, Yadira Bustillos 104.6.
These are belts being defended because sanctioning bodies need motion. Don’t pretend it’s anything else. The only question worth asking is who shows ambition and who treats the night like a paid jog.
Avious Griffin came in at 146.4 with sixteen knockouts — real pop. Justin Cardona at 145.6 is the kind of opponent who tells you whether that knockout ratio is substance or padding.
Keno Marley debuts at 198.6. Diarra Davis rolls in small at 188.4 — a cruiser vs a blown-up light heavy with nothing to lose.
Netflix starts at 8 PM ET for the main card, 4:45 PM ET for the prelims. Miami. Kaseya Center.
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Last Updated on 12/19/2025
