Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul look like on the point of signing a deal to face off.
The 2 stars have teased a battle with each other for a lot of months, and hypothesis over a conflict ramped up in latest weeks when Paul’s scheduled exhibition bout with Gervonta Davis was cancelled on the final second.
That was resulting from occur this Friday, however ‘The Downside Youngster’ will now as a substitute return in December, with the likes of Joshua, Andre Ward and Francis Ngannou all beforehand touted as potential opponents.
Evidently Joshua is the one which might be standing within the reverse nook, because the Ring’s Mike Coppinger reviews that talks are actually within the remaining levels.
Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul are finalizing a deal for a heavyweight battle on Netflix in December in Miami, sources inform @ringmagazine. Paul steps up massively to battle the previous heavyweight champion after his exhibition with Gervonta Davis was cancelled. Main props to Paul. pic.twitter.com/lr8OdmapUN
— Mike Coppinger (@MikeCoppinger) November 12, 2025
It alerts an enormous change for Paul, whose unique opponent stands at 5ft 5in and weighs 135lbs, in comparison with Joshua – 6ft 6in and 252lbs for his final contest.
Joshua hasn’t fought since a September 2024 defeat to Daniel Dubois, however the former unified world heavyweight champion will nonetheless be seen as a monumental favorite in opposition to Paul, whose greatest win arguably got here again in June when he defeated light ex-WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. His one expertise at heavyweight was in 2024 in opposition to a 58-year-old Mike Tyson – an underwhelming eight spherical factors resolution.
‘AJ’s staff insist that he stays targeted on both one final world title tilt or a mega-money conflict with Tyson Fury within the new 12 months, and can inform followers that this ought to be seen as a warm-up bout with a major purse earlier than he returns to the extra conventional facet of the game. Promoter Eddie Hearn has beforehand known as the match-up straightforward cash, although additionally admitted it’s harmful for the American. Some might be reminded of Joshua’s battle in opposition to former UFC Heavyweight Champion Ngannou, the latter’s second skilled boxing contest, which led to a very brutal second spherical stoppage for the Brit.
