{"id":6068,"date":"2025-12-20T09:08:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T09:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=6068"},"modified":"2025-12-20T09:08:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T09:08:47","slug":"anthony-joshua-knocks-out-jake-paul-in-sixth-round-of-heavyweight-bout-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=6068","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua knocks out Jake Paul in sixth round of heavyweight bout | Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Former \u200dheavyweight \u200dchampion beats \u2060social media star turned fighter \u200dwith a sixth-round knockout in Miami.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 20 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">20 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p class=\"p2\">Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua knocked out YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in their controversial Netflix-backed bout in Miami.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Two-time world champion Joshua made hard work of defeating his vastly less experienced opponent on Friday night, but finally made his superior size and power count in the later stages of the eight-round fight.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p class=\"p1\">A mediocre contest at the Kaseya Center \u2013 with the two men reportedly splitting a mammoth purse of $184m \u2013 descended into farce at times, with Paul repeatedly dropping to the canvas and grappling at Joshua\u2019s legs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">At one stage, even referee Christopher Young appeared to be losing patience, warning the fighters in the fourth round: \u201cThe fans did not pay to see this c**p.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As Paul tired, Joshua finally began to land punches with more regularity and after knocking down the American twice in the fifth round, the end came swiftly in the sixth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Joshua backed the 28-year-old into a corner and, after teeing up Paul with a crunching left, delivered the knockout blow with a right to the chin that sent his opponent crashing to the canvas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt wasn\u2019t the best performance,\u201d Joshua, 36, admitted afterwards. \u201cBut the end goal was to get Jake Paul, pin him down and hurt him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThat was the request leading up, and that was on my mind. It took a bit longer than expected but the right hand finally found its destination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Joshua, meanwhile, praised Paul for lasting into the later rounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI want to give him his props \u2013 he got up time and time again,\u201d Joshua said. \u201cIt was difficult in there for him, but he kept on trying to find a way. It takes a real man to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Paul, meanwhile, his mouth bloodied from Joshua\u2019s final assault, said he believed his jaw had been broken \u2013 but was satisfied with his performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThat was fun. I gave it my all,\u201d Paul said. \u201cI had a blast. I think my jaw is broken by the way. But Anthony\u2019s one of the best to ever do it, so. I\u2019m gonna come back and get a world championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI just got tired, to be honest \u2013 like it was so much handling his weight. I think with better cardio, I could have kept it up and kept on fighting. But he hits really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The bout was carried live to \u200cNetflix\u2019s approximately 300 million subscribers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Friday\u2019s made-for-streaming contest, which came just over a year after Paul had fought a 58-year-old Mike Tyson in a much-derided Netflix fight, had triggered alarm across boxing given the disparity in size and experience between the two men.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Yet the devastating first or second round knockout by Joshua that most had predicted failed to materialise as Paul scrambled desperately to stay outside of the 2012 Olympic champion\u2019s range.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Joshua, fighting for the first time in 15 months, always looked the more threatening fighter though, landing 48 of 146 punches thrown compared with Paul\u2019s meagre total of 16 punches landed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former \u200dheavyweight \u200dchampion beats \u2060social media star turned fighter \u200dwith a sixth-round knockout in Miami. 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