Anthony Joshua vs. Jake Paul | NETFLIX - 19 December 2025

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[Grilling Machine]

There were accusations after Haye-Harrison, and it'd be ten times worse if AJ carried Paul past the first minute.

[KiwiRider]

There were accusations after Haye-Harrison, and it'd be ten times worse if AJ carried Paul past the first minute.

Floyd Mayweather has admitted to carrying Connor McGregor in their match*.


*I'm loathed to call it a fight.

[gilgamesh]

There were accusations after Haye-Harrison, and it'd be ten times worse if AJ carried Paul past the first minute.

Floyd Mayweather has admitted to carrying Connor McGregor in their match*.


*I'm loathed to call it a fight.

It was obvious. He was just throwing straight rights to the body and nothing else for 4 rounds, but as soon as he opened up looking for the finish he got it within a few minutes.

Ultimately it won't matter much if AJ carries Paul a little as long as he still does what everyone expects him to. If he carried him all 8 rounds it would be a bigger stain on his record than any of his losses.

[Kilburn]

If Joshua decided to give a clear demonstration that - in addition to JP not being able to avoid or absorb punches - JP was also not capable of landing anything significant himself, then I personally wouldn’t see what the big deal is.

It’s not like the fans are paying more the longer the fight goes.

[lefthook82]

Whats the undercard for this?

What kind of sparring has Jake Paul had to prepare him for a guy who could punch holes through the Ozone layer.

Why would Netflix pay so much money for this? What's the end game here?

[MasterG]

Whats the undercard for this?

What kind of sparring has Jake Paul had to prepare him for a guy who could punch holes through the Ozone layer.

Why would Netflix pay so much money for this? What's the end game here?

Subscriptions.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Whats the undercard for this?

I was gonna assume its the same undercard they'd have used for Paul-Tank.

It's basically a MVP event

[stujones]

There were accusations after Haye-Harrison, and it'd be ten times worse if AJ carried Paul past the first minute.

Floyd Mayweather has admitted to carrying Connor McGregor in their match*.


*I'm loathed to call it a fight.

It was obvious. He was just throwing straight rights to the body and nothing else for 4 rounds, but as soon as he opened up looking for the finish he got it within a few minutes.

Ultimately it won't matter much if AJ carries Paul a little as long as he still does what everyone expects him to. If he carried him all 8 rounds it would be a bigger stain on his record than any of his losses.

I will to this day believe Floyd took the fight seriously, he might have carried McGregor, but IMO he carried him for a reason - he knew he would blow a casket as he's not used to fighting for 25/30 minutes.

He probably could have stopped him when he wanted too, but I think he was also being calculating with his approach.

[Ruthless-RKO]

I will to this day believe Floyd took the fight seriously, he might have carried McGregor, but IMO he carried him for a reason - he knew he would blow a casket as he's not used to fighting for 25/30 minutes.

He said this too..

UFC fights are max 25 minutes, and in McGregor's case, he barely went the distance.

Floyd waited til the 7th round, then he could fully take over.

[Frostieballs]

Whats the undercard for this?

What kind of sparring has Jake Paul had to prepare him for a guy who could punch holes through the Ozone layer.

Why would Netflix pay so much money for this? What's the end game here?

Netflix generated 1.43 million subscribers from the Tyson-Paul fight.

The average new subscriber stays on to spend £900 with Netflix (around 4 years subscription).

Thats well over a billion in income generated.

[stujones]

I will to this day believe Floyd took the fight seriously, he might have carried McGregor, but IMO he carried him for a reason - he knew he would blow a casket as he's not used to fighting for 25/30 minutes.

He said this too..

UFC fights are max 25 minutes, and in McGregor's case, he barely went the distance.

Floyd waited til the 7th round, then he could fully take over.

For me it was a modern use of "rope a dope" but we would never say Ali carried Foreman. I think Mayweather fought to a game plan he knew would win - for me he showed McGregor and the sport of boxing respect.

Sure he could have engaged more and might won more dominant and more quickly, but that was a bit riskier and he knew his superior stamina through boxing would also hold him in good stead. I love that display, even if the BOXING fan in me would have loved to have seen Mayweather show dominance and finish the fight in the first round.

Infact I see it similar to how Usyk destroyed Bellew and again there were commentators and experts who thought Usyk showed flaws and carried Bellew that night and some thought Bellew actually held his own. Usyk knew was he was doing and it was a tactical masterclass and knew Bellew would burn up emotional energy.

Fury vs Ngannou though was a different matter! Although I think that was Fury's intention at the start of the fight was too see if Ngannou would blow up, but he was just awful and I still think he lost.

[joshj909]

I will to this day believe Floyd took the fight seriously, he might have carried McGregor, but IMO he carried him for a reason - he knew he would blow a casket as he's not used to fighting for 25/30 minutes.

He said this too..

UFC fights are max 25 minutes, and in McGregor's case, he barely went the distance.

Floyd waited til the 7th round, then he could fully take over.

For me it was a modern use of "rope a dope" but we would never say Ali carried Foreman. I think Mayweather fought to a game plan he knew would win - for me he showed McGregor and the sport of boxing respect.

Sure he could have engaged more and might won more dominant and more quickly, but that was a bit riskier and he knew his superior stamina through boxing would also hold him in good stead. I love that display, even if the BOXING fan in me would have loved to have seen Mayweather show dominance and finish the fight in the first round.

Infact I see it similar to how Usyk destroyed Bellew and again there were commentators and experts who thought Usyk showed flaws and carried Bellew that night and some thought Bellew actually held his own. Usyk knew was he was doing and it was a tactical masterclass and knew Bellew would burn up emotional energy.

Fury vs Ngannou though was a different matter! Although I think that was Fury's intention at the start of the fight was too see if Ngannou would blow up, but he was just awful and I still think he lost.

Money Mayweather was all about high risk, low reward fights in terms of entertainment with high reward payouts. Pretty Boy Floyd might have been slightly different but in the tail end to his career, very little risks were taken or they were taken in a measured approach (age for Pacquiao and Canelo for example). However, older Mayweather took no risks and took every possible advantage to win in a way which gave him the highest probability. I hadn't considered that approach to the fight but it certainly makes sense when you guys explain it like that.

[Nightmare Roy]

The fact the bookies have Paul at 7/1 tells me they are sceptical about the whole thing too. Wasnt Buster Douglas an actual solid professional HW 50/1 when he upset Tyson?

[gilgamesh]

Floyd Mayweather has admitted to carrying Connor McGregor in their match*.


*I'm loathed to call it a fight.

It was obvious. He was just throwing straight rights to the body and nothing else for 4 rounds, but as soon as he opened up looking for the finish he got it within a few minutes.

Ultimately it won't matter much if AJ carries Paul a little as long as he still does what everyone expects him to. If he carried him all 8 rounds it would be a bigger stain on his record than any of his losses.

I will to this day believe Floyd took the fight seriously, he might have carried McGregor, but IMO he carried him for a reason - he knew he would blow a casket as he's not used to fighting for 25/30 minutes.

He probably could have stopped him when he wanted too, but I think he was also being calculating with his approach.

I thought he carried him because he was thinking "Hey if I can make this look competitive, maybe people would be stupid enough to pay for it twice"

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Paul vs Joshua – Kickoff Press Conference

[Ruthless-RKO]

The Jake Paul-Anthony Joshua undercard was just announced and the Gary Russell-Andy Hiraoka WBA mandatory title fight didn’t move with the other fights. Makes sense as this is a Matchroom co-promotion with MVP and Russell is with PBC. That fight will be rescheduled.

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[gregregegg]

Terrible undercard. This fight could have been good for boxing, ifffff they had done a really quality undercard.

Big Netflix showcase like this is the perfect time to have a mega undercard (like the undercard today/tommorow)…

[gilgamesh]

Terrible undercard. This fight could have been good for boxing, ifffff they had done a really quality undercard.

Big Netflix showcase like this is the perfect time to have a mega undercard (like the undercard today/tommorow)…

Yeah. Wasted opportunity to build a new star.

Sad that all of these MMA guys have to fight until they're 50 because the UFC didn't pay 'em sh*t.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Terrible undercard. This fight could have been good for boxing, ifffff they had done a really quality undercard.

Big Netflix showcase like this is the perfect time to have a mega undercard (like the undercard today/tommorow)…

It the same undercard we would have gotten for Paul-Tank bar one.

They can’t folk out a lot of money for big undercard fights no. But they can pay prospects small money.

Let them showcase

[mickey1975]

Terrible undercard. This fight could have been good for boxing, ifffff they had done a really quality undercard.

Big Netflix showcase like this is the perfect time to have a mega undercard (like the undercard today/tommorow)…

It the same undercard we would have gotten for Paul-Tank bar one.

They can’t folk out a lot of money for big undercard fights no. But they can pay prospects small money.

Let them showcase

They paid Katie Taylor a fortune on a Jake Paul undercard.