{"id":45328,"date":"2025-12-19T06:40:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=45328"},"modified":"2025-12-19T06:40:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:40:37","slug":"anthony-joshua-takes-huge-weight-advantage-into-jake-paul-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/19\/anthony-joshua-takes-huge-weight-advantage-into-jake-paul-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua takes huge weight advantage into Jake Paul fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"h-\">Former world heavyweight champion <strong>Anthony Joshua<\/strong> will carry a massive weight advantage into his controversial Netflix-backed bout against YouTuber-turned-boxer <strong>Jake Paul<\/strong> in Florida on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing at Thursday\u2019s weigh-in for the fight in Miami, Joshua tipped the scales at 243.4 pounds (110kg), nearly 30 pounds heavier than Paul, who came in at 216.6lbs (98kg).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-safety-fears\"><strong>Safety fears<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Joshua, 36, had been contractually obliged to weigh in at 245 pounds or less for a bout that has triggered safety fears throughout the boxing world.<\/p>\n<p>British former Olympic champion Joshua is widely viewed as a huge \u2013 and potentially dangerous \u2013 step up in class for Paul.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-round fight, which will be streamed live on Netflix, will reportedly see the two men split a purse of $184 million, making it one of the most lucrative boxing events in history.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-drawn-criticism\"><strong>Drawn criticism<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>However the event has drawn criticism for the perceived risks faced by Paul, with Joshua\u2019s long-time promoter Eddie Hearn describing the bout as a \u201ccatastrophic mismatch\u201d before contracts were even signed.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Joshua courted controversy this week after saying he was ready to \u201ckill\u201d Paul, when asked if there was any part of him that was inclined to take it easy on his opponent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZero part of me,\u201d Joshua said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a very respectful guy, brought up by a good family, but if I can kill you, I will kill you. That\u2019s just how I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul, whose limited ring record includes 12 wins and one defeat with seven knockouts,\u00a0insists he is ready to shock the world\u00a0while acknowledging his ambitions are \u201cdelusional.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Anthony #Joshua #takes #huge #weight #advantage #Jake #Paul #fight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will carry a massive weight advantage into his controversial Netflix-backed bout against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45330,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45328\/revisions\/45330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}