
Is Jake Paul Vs. Anthony Joshua Real? Boxing’s Powerbrokers Seem To Think So
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Jake Paul teased a fight with Anthony Joshua on Saturday, and, according to some of the most powerful people in the sport, it sounds like the fight just might happen.
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AuthorJul 22, 2025, 04:51pm EDTJul 22, 2025, 05:23pm EDTJake Paul says he will box Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)Copyright 2025 The Associated Press
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Anthony Joshua doesn’t sound legit, does it (this bears monitoring)
But that’s what “The blem Child” teased during an interview at London’s Wembley Stadium before Oleksandr Usyk KO’d Daniel Dubois in a heavyweight title bout on Saturday. "Yeah, this is where it’s gonna happen," Paul said when asked if a fight with Joshua is realistic. "We’re gonna do the unthinkable and create one of the biggest fights in the history of boxing, and that’s what this is all. " Here’s the whole thing: Before dismissing Paul’s dream fight with the former heavyweight champion, consider this: The moter lording over the sport — Saudi boxing chief Turki Alashikh — said he’ll even coordinate the particulars between Paul and Joshua
Alalshikh said on The Boxing Voice podcast that he’s “thinking” of matching Joshua against Paul. "I want to tell you something…if (Joshua) destroys (Paul), it will be good for me
Meanwhile, The headache of Paul is. " No, the headache of Paul will not be
Nevertheless, On the other hand, He’s just heating up as a fighter and, more so, as one of the most powerful moters in the sport as the co-boss with Nakisa Bidarian to Most Valuable motions
Didn’t MVP just launch the the first-ever all-women’s card at Madison Square Garden headlined by Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano III
Didn’t Paul lure the most marketable fighter in the past half-century — Mike Tyson — out of retirement and duce bonkers numbers (108 million global viewers) on Netflix
MORE FOR YOU So when Paul (12-1-0, 7 KOs) says he’ll face Joshua (28-4-0, 24 KOs) at Wembley Stadium, it’s time to heed him at his word because Alalshikh and other real players in boxing seem to be respecting Paul’s game more than ever, in light of current trends
Former champion Tyson Fury believes that the former YouTuber-turned-prizefighter has a legitimate chance to beat Joshua by knockout. “I think Jake Paul knocks him out,” Fury told Ring Magazine without a drip of irony
On the other hand, “I just think Jake Paul would knock A (something worth watching), in today's market environment
Out … I think Jake Paul’s on the rise
On the other hand, I his new heavyweight look (remarkable data)
A bit chubby, a bit bulky, getting there, given the current landscape
And he just did a great job over the aging [Julio Cesar] Chavez Jr. " Matchroom Boxing chairman and Joshua’s moter, Eddie Hearn, also chimed in on his boxer’s potential fight with Paul, saying he “reached out to (MVP)… to chat next week (something worth watching). ” “It sounds A
Is going to fight Jake Paul," Hearn said on The Stomping Ground
However, Conversely, “If he’s true to his word, if he really wants the fight — it’s all very well saying, 'Anthony Joshua has a weak chin and I will knock him out’ — the fight will happen (this bears monitoring)
Moreover, ” Hearn added, “If you want to do the biggest numbers in the sport, we'll make it happen but please I just want you to be careful what you wish for (something worth watching). " Paul is surely wishing for just that: the biggest numbers
And that’s why a match with Joshua — a relevant boxer that Paul’s critics have wanted him to fight — just may be more real than fake
And boxing powerbrokers — from Alalshikh to Hearn to Fury to even Usyk— are all taking Paul seriously, in light of current trends
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