Anthony Joshua fulfilled his promise of knocking out Jake Paul in the highly anticipated Miami showdown.
The two-time heavyweight champion on Friday, December 19, knocked out the YouTuber-turned-boxer with a jaw-breaking punch in Round 6 at the Kaseya Center in Miami.
Numerous boxing fans and experts before the fight predicted that it would be a quick fight between Joshua and Paul and would end in the first couple of rounds.
But unlike expectations, the influencer and actor gave a tough time to the 36-year-old and survived five rounds with some good jabs to his opponent.
Joshua (29-4, 26 KOs) struggled to catch Paul (9-1, 6 KOs), who was using his speed to stay out of trouble before knocking out “The Problem Child,” Uncrowned reported.
Paul’s defeat and reaction after being knocked out of the fight sparked widespread buzz on the internet.
A user wrote, "Jake's probably saying, 'Yo, bro, stop. I paid you to lose, remember?"
“Bro keeps running away for 18 minutes until he finally gets smoked in the 6th round,” an X user commented.
“Jake when he can’t pay some retired athlete to take the fall,” another added.
The third one gushed, “The truth is Anthony could have bodied him in the 1st round, but with $92 million on the line, you had to play the long game, even if it meant enduring Jake’s shenanigans holding his leg on the floor.”
A user sarcastically questioned, “Jake Paul is a content creator; what was he doing in an actual boxing match?”
The boxing world now waits for a potential Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury fight in 2026.
