A ranked UFC welterweight was not impressed with Jake Paul’s efficiency towards Anthony Joshua.
Paul and Joshua locked horns in a heavyweight boxing match final 12 months on December 19, 2025, on the Kaseya Middle in Miami. This struggle was additionally streamed on Netflix.
“The Drawback Baby” entered the struggle as an enormous underdog within the oddsmakers’ books, and on struggle evening, he proved them proper by refusing to interact for the primary few rounds with “AJ” and attempting each trick to stall the struggle, in order that he might survive for almost all of the rounds.
Followers and analysts had anticipated Joshua to ship the YouTuber-turned-boxer to the shadow realm inside 2 rounds.
Nonetheless, Paul pissed off the Brit by circling the ring. Lastly, by Spherical 5, the 29-year-old was gassed out and bought knocked down twice, however managed to beat the rely.
Within the sixth spherical, the identical sample continued. Paul was once more despatched crashing to the canvas for the third time. When he bought again up, Joshua didn’t give him any time and went for the ultimate kill, knocking Paul down a fourth and remaining time, which was sufficient to safe a TKO win.
Paul broke his jaw in two locations and needed to bear surgical procedure instantly after the bout, throughout which he had titanium plates fitted and a few tooth eliminated.
Joaquin Buckley doesn’t need to see Jake Paul struggle Ever Once more
Throughout a current interview with Parry Punch, Joaquin Buckley, who believes MMA is extra thrilling than boxing and has just lately been feuding with Terence Crawford and Shakur Stevenson, additionally took a dig at Jake Paul.
Buckley stated that each time “The Drawback Baby” enters the ring, the vast majority of followers need him to be knocked out, and it was lastly Anthony Joshua who did the job proper:
“It’s like each different struggle, proper? When Jake Paul will get right into a scenario the place he’s establishing these large occasions for himself, we’re all the time thrilled to see the expectation of him getting knocked out. That’s what we all the time need to see, no matter who he’s combating. Even when he was combating Tyron Woodley, even when he was combating Anderson Silva, when he fought Diaz, we had been all praying like, ‘Hey, they gonna be those to do it. They gonna be our saviors and knock him out.’”
“And it wasn’t till he bought a struggle with a man like Anthony Joshua, the place we simply knew, okay, this needs to be the top. Anthony Joshua needs to be the particular person to place all this to a cease.”
Buckley then identified how Paul did every little thing in his energy to outlive for the utmost minutes towards a two-time unified WBO, IBF, and WBA heavyweight champion, whereas additionally noting that the 29-year-old had the proper sport plan, regardless of the humiliation.
“Realizing that Jake Paul was doing every little thing in his energy to outlive. Hugging, falling into takedowns… While you’re combating anyone who’s continually attempting to run away, continually falling into positions the place you possibly can’t get a clear shot off, it’s not simple. [You can’t just throw one punch and be done].”
“Ultimately, Anthony Joshua did his job and broke Jake Paul’s jaw, splitting it in two, possibly to the purpose the place Jake Paul can by no means field once more… On the finish of the day, Jake Paul has been coaching and has been very proficient together with his talent set towards different fighters. I can’t act like he’s just a few common Joe off the road, as a result of if he was, AJ would have taken him out in two rounds. So, in my view, Anthony Joshua did his job that evening. Interval.”
Lastly, “New Mansa” added that Jake Paul wasted his and each different boxing fan’s time, and therefore, he doesn’t intend to see “The Drawback Baby” compete ever once more.
“I felt like he wasted our time sitting there and watching that nonsense. On the finish of the day, he bought the job finished…As soon as Jake Paul slowed down, misplaced vitality, stopped capturing takedowns… AJ caught his shot, and that one shot put Jake Paul down for the rely.”
Take a look at Joaquin Buckley’s feedback about Jake Paul under (0:35):
