Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua LIVE result: AJ delivers knockout as Paul reveals broken jaw after controversial Netflix fight
AJ finally broke down the YouTuber turned boxer after a messy six rounds in Miami
Anthony Joshua broke down and knocked out Jake Paul after six messy rounds in one of the strangest but biggest boxing matches in recent memory.
The American was sharp early on as he boxed on the back foot to leave ‘AJ’ swinging wildly and missing throughout the opening rounds. But after a breakthrough in the fifth, with a pair of knockdowns, Joshua punished Paul on the ropes and jabbed to the body before launching a big right hand.
AJ reacted with a cut-throat celebration in the ring to end one of the most chaotic episodes in recent boxing history, before calling out his British heavyweight rival Tyson Fury. “It wasn’t the best performance,” Joshua admitted.
Paul, meanwhile, drove himself to the hospital and revealed he suffered a “double broken jaw” - with the former YouTuber detailing that while he has no plans to give up his boxing career, he intends to return to the cruiserweight division.
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Anthony Joshua defends performance against Jake Paul: 'I tried my best'
Anthony Joshua defended his performance against Jake Paul in his post-fight press conference, and said his beaten opponent had displayed a lot of “heart and spirit”.
“What I could have done better is a lot of things, 100 per cent. In the fight game, you've seen the amazing fighters that have graced us over the last 100 years and the expectations that we put on ourselves are immense.
“But I tried my best. Jake done well while it lasted. I wish that I could have knocked him out at the start, but as we as we saw tonight, Jake has spirit. He has some heart. He tried his best and I take my hat off to him because number one, a lot of fighters haven't got in the ring with me and Jake did.
“And secondly, even when he got knocked down, he kept on trying to get up and I take my heart off to him. So America, I think you have someone who could potentially, if he still has the heart for it, come back again, dust the dirt off his shoulder and come again and maybe sell out this arena sometime in 2026.
“Maybe against a Gervonta Davis, a Ryan Garcia, who knows?”
Who could Jake Paul face next?
Jake Paul says he wants to fight men his own size and eventually win a cruiserweight world title.
Will the interest be there, though?
Jai Opetaia is widely considered the number one cruiserweight on the planet, he owns The Ring belt, and the IBF world title.
Gilberto Ramirez holds the WBO and WBA straps, while Noel Mikaelyn is the WBC champion.
Paul is ranked 15th by the WBA, and could continue down that route, their rankings are currently:
Champion: Gilberto Ramirez
1. TBA
2. Leonardo Mosquea
3. Lenar Perez
4. Aloys Youmbi
5. Mike Perez
6. Yuniel Dorticos
7. Alexey Egorov
8. Chris Billam-Smith
9. Aleksei Papin
10. Robin Sirwan Safar
11. Roman Fress
12. Giovanni Cristian Scuderi
13. Pat Brown
14. Liam Callanan
15. Jake Paul
Chris Eubank Jr lauds Jake Paul for Anthony Joshua performance
“Regardless of the outcome Jake Paul got into the ring with an Olympic gold medalist and former heavyweight world champion and tried his best until the very end. You have to give that man his respect now…
“He’s done what most would never & he didn’t give up. Well done Jake.
Jake Paul details major damage caused by Anthony Joshua in knockout loss
Jake Paul has revealed his injuries following his heavy defeat to former world champion Anthony Joshua.
Paul posted an X-ray of what appeared to be a double fracture, having claimed to have suffered a broken jaw in the ring while spitting out blood.
“Double broken jaw,” Paul said, adding in a previous post, “Jaw broken. Heart and balls in tact. Time to rest, recover and return to Cruiserweight.”
Eddie Hearn outlines Anthony Joshua's plan for 2026
Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn said: “We want the Tyson Fury fight. That's the biggest fight in boxing.
“Respect to Jake Paul, he did a great job. 2026, back to the real business. Tyson Fury and the world heavyweight championship."
Was Paul's performance against Joshua credible?
Jake Paul is getting respect from many for his efforts in the ring.
But others are irritated by his tendency to collapse and hug Joshua’s torso to avoid any legitimate interactions, former world champion Paulie Malignaggi has claimed Paul “wasted the fans’s time”.
Jake Paul v Anthony Joshua final punch stats revealed
Jake Paul’s problem was the volume of shots he was sending back in Anthony Joshua’s direction.
AJ outlanded Paul 48-16, and three a lot more: 146-56.
Joshua’s connection rate was superior, too, with 33 percent connecting and 29 percent of Paul’s shots landing, according to Compubox.
Joshua sends Fury ultimatum after dispatching Paul
Here’s what Joshua had to say about Tyson Fury after dispatching Paul, as the Briton turned his attention to a domestic clash that has been years in the making:
“If Tyson is as serious as he says he is, if he wants to put on some gloves, take a challenge...
“Don’t give all that talking, ‘AJ this, AJ that.’ Let’s see you talk with your fists.”
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