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Here’s some of what he had to say.

Anthony Joshua on facing Jake Paul
“That’s the whole point of this fight, it creates conversation…and that’s what we want. The more people talking about the fight —regardless of what it is they’re talking about — is a massive bonus. So, for me, I’m not worried about the integrity side, I’m more worried about are they talking? And as long as they are then we’re doing a good job.”

On how he’d rate Paul compared to other opponents in his career
“The start of my career. He would be someone that I would’ve fought early on in my career. I’ve got a lot of experience now. But, yeah, someone at the start of my career, I would say. I don’t know who to say exactly but maybe someone at the start of my career.”

On whether any part of him will take it easy on Paul to make for a better show
“Zero part of me. And it’s not even that it’s Jake. I was actually looking at myself today, I’m a very respectful guy brought up by a good family but if I can kill you, I will kill you. That’s just how I am. And this is just a job I do so, let’s go.”

The fight, along with the rest of the bouts will take place in a 22-by-22-foot ring. The standard size for a boxing ring is 20-by-20.

“That’s accurate,” Paul said, confirming the details at the final press conference at Jackie Gleason Theater at The Fillmore. “Pretty standard. I think fights range from 20-foot rings to 24-foot rings. So, 22 feet, I feel great about it.”

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 04:31 The fight, along with the rest of the bouts will take place in a 22-by-22-foot ring. The standard size for a boxing ring is 20-by-20.

“That’s accurate,” Paul said, confirming the details at the final press conference at Jackie Gleason Theater at The Fillmore. “Pretty standard. I think fights range from 20-foot rings to 24-foot rings. So, 22 feet, I feel great about it.”

He thinks he's going to be able to effectively use movement to stay on the outside and tire Joshua out but really he's just going to run and run and run to avoid any contact between them.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 04:25

Here’s some of what he had to say.

Anthony Joshua on facing Jake Paul
“That’s the whole point of this fight, it creates conversation…and that’s what we want. The more people talking about the fight —regardless of what it is they’re talking about — is a massive bonus. So, for me, I’m not worried about the integrity side, I’m more worried about are they talking? And as long as they are then we’re doing a good job.”

With all the restarted people, who actually believe this fight is fixed, goal achieved.
The haters are the ones who really make it big.

joshj909 wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 04:35

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 04:31 The fight, along with the rest of the bouts will take place in a 22-by-22-foot ring. The standard size for a boxing ring is 20-by-20.

“That’s accurate,” Paul said, confirming the details at the final press conference at Jackie Gleason Theater at The Fillmore. “Pretty standard. I think fights range from 20-foot rings to 24-foot rings. So, 22 feet, I feel great about it.”

He thinks he's going to be able to effectively use movement to stay on the outside and tire Joshua out but really he's just going to run and run and run to avoid any contact between them.

Paul is going to use movement to beat Joshua? The same Paul who gassed against the long since retired Chavez Jr. He'd probably be better off trying to fight on the inside.

hhaehre wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 04:43

joshj909 wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 04:35

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 04:31 The fight, along with the rest of the bouts will take place in a 22-by-22-foot ring. The standard size for a boxing ring is 20-by-20.

“That’s accurate,” Paul said, confirming the details at the final press conference at Jackie Gleason Theater at The Fillmore. “Pretty standard. I think fights range from 20-foot rings to 24-foot rings. So, 22 feet, I feel great about it.”

He thinks he's going to be able to effectively use movement to stay on the outside and tire Joshua out but really he's just going to run and run and run to avoid any contact between them.

Paul is going to use movement to beat Joshua? The same Paul who gassed against the long since retired Chavez Jr. He'd probably be better off trying to fight on the inside.

That's what he's been saying in interviews. He thinks he's much faster and fitter and he thinks that Joshua is slower and struggle to catch him then will tire and become predictable. All that tells me, along with this larger ring, is that he is going to run and run and run because he is not going to like what happens when he takes that first jab.

His goal should definitely be to run.
Survive, clinch, circle away, high guard, avoid exchanges.
A "win" for him would be to not getting iced in one and in the best case survive somehow 6-8 rounds.
AJ took punches from someone like Klitschko. Good luck hurting him as a 185 cm fake cruiser.

For AJ, this is a lose-lose.
If he kos him early, it was expected. If he takes his time, he "should've destroyed him earlier".
If he get's sloppy, only then he could be in danger, by loading up or walking into something stupid.
Joshua’s only enemy is his own ego and impatience.

If that happens, I give Jake Paul a 10% chance to clip him with something ugly, until AJ recovers and still kos him.

Sendo Takeshi wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 05:37 For AJ, this is a lose-lose.

Don't agree.. If he KO's him early.. then it's expected yes.

It all depends on Paul's approach too.. I highly doubt he's gonna stand toe-2-toe with AJ.. If he did then yeh, he'd get KO'd quick.. but if he runs, moves around, fake jabbing, then AJ is going to expect to be hunting him down.

You can't KO someone who doesn't want to engage either.

Doing what's expected is a 'lose'..

Not a big win by all means.. but not a loss. His bank account will say different too.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 05:46 You can't KO someone who doesn't want to engage either.

That's a good point. People who never done any combat sports don't know how hard it is to actually hurt someone who knows how to defend himself and who doesn't wanna get knocked out.
Inoue vs Butler comes to my mind as well.

But the difference is just too big. If Joshua stays disciplined (even 70% disciplined) Jake is in trouble.

Sendo Takeshi wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 05:51

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 05:46 You can't KO someone who doesn't want to engage either.

That's a good point. People who never done any combat sports don't know how hard it is to actually hurt someone who knows how to defend himself and who doesn't wanna get knocked out.
Inoue vs Butler comes to my mind as well.

But the difference is just too big. If Joshua stays disciplined (even 70% disciplined) Jake is in trouble.

Yep. If Joshua effectively cuts off the ring then he should be able to do it as Paul's defence is not good enough. If he follows Paul like an aimless plodder then he won't. The ref will need to be on point with warning Paul about avoiding the fight but I'm sure he won't.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 05:46 It all depends on Paul's approach too.. I highly doubt he's gonna stand toe-2-toe with AJ.. If he did then yeh, he'd get KO'd quick.. but if he runs, moves around, fake jabbing, then AJ is going to expect to be hunting him down.

You can't KO someone who doesn't want to engage either.

But Paul isn't exactly the cruiserweight version of Willie Pep. I don't think AJ will have any problems cutting off the ring here, Paul is a relative novice and AJ is a former world champion and Olympic gold medalist. The gap is huuuuuge, it's like a high school player suiting up for the NFL.

hhaehre wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 07:09

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 05:46 It all depends on Paul's approach too.. I highly doubt he's gonna stand toe-2-toe with AJ.. If he did then yeh, he'd get KO'd quick.. but if he runs, moves around, fake jabbing, then AJ is going to expect to be hunting him down.

You can't KO someone who doesn't want to engage either.

But Paul isn't exactly the cruiserweight version of Willie Pep. I don't think AJ will have any problems cutting off the ring here, Paul is a relative novice and AJ is a former world champion and Olympic gold medalist. The gap is huuuuuge, it's like a high school player suiting up for the NFL.

The thing is, we are likely not going to see Paul circling around near Joshua's reach in a professional boxing manner. I'm more imagining him fully running away and turning his back to get as far away as possible.

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I still cannot believe this is happening. Anything else than Joshua KO inside 3 rounds will be fix

Anthony Joshua confirms there is no 'go-easy' clause in the contract for his fight with Jake Paul and tells the Mr. Verzace Podcast: "If I can end it in 10 seconds, I'll do it"

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 11:34

Anthony Joshua confirms there is no 'go-easy' clause in the contract for his fight with Jake Paul and tells the Mr. Verzace Podcast: "If I can end it in 10 seconds, I'll do it"

It would be illegal to include a clause like that. For those who are desperate for the multi million payday, they would have to accept. Joshua is richer than Paul and makes more per fight than him. In this fight, the only thing that would hold Joshua back is his arrogance

Some people are just not able to understand this.
Social media is full of mentally handicapped people who actually believe Jake, AJ, Netflix, Hearn, and everyone involved are going to commit a federal crime. People bet a lot of money on these fights.

Why would Jake fight old people or lose to Tommy fcking Fury if the fights were rigged? Because grandpa Tyson looked like shit?
Don’t be restarted, guys.

hhaehre wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 04:43

joshj909 wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 04:35

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 04:31 The fight, along with the rest of the bouts will take place in a 22-by-22-foot ring. The standard size for a boxing ring is 20-by-20.

“That’s accurate,” Paul said, confirming the details at the final press conference at Jackie Gleason Theater at The Fillmore. “Pretty standard. I think fights range from 20-foot rings to 24-foot rings. So, 22 feet, I feel great about it.”

He thinks he's going to be able to effectively use movement to stay on the outside and tire Joshua out but really he's just going to run and run and run to avoid any contact between them.

Paul is going to use movement to beat Joshua? The same Paul who gassed against the long since retired Chavez Jr. He'd probably be better off trying to fight on the inside.

Rings are usually measured from the end of the ring outside of the ropes so a 20 x 20 ring is usually a 18 x 18 inside which is the most standard size ring. 24 ft rings are rare and 22 x 22 is not that common. There will be lots of room for Paul to run but will he he have the gas....probably not and AJ will just walk him down as a seasoned pro like him will do. Paul is looking for respect that he doesn't have from the bums he has fought up to now. After sparring Shakur he realized that Tank would have smoked him despite his size advantage but he is stepping up too much with AJ and it will be the old FAFO that could leave him seriously hurt. But hey, he'll get his respect for doing something most wouldn't.

I think this event has a legit chance to turn the sport of boxing into a freak-show circus for the US... at least for the foreseeable future.

It’s a genuine heavyweight fight though.

In the shit show side Yh. But Paul’s been boxing for 5+ years now.

He has training camps, he trains. He knows how to box. He’s not got the best basic fundamentals of a boxer but he can throw a punch.

US scene has always been about making the most money. I mean can we really complain about this?

It’s on Netflix.

For many many people, they won’t have to pay a penny.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 12:51 It’s a genuine heavyweight fight though.

In the shit show side Yh. But Paul’s been boxing for 5+ years now.

He has training camps, he trains. He knows how to box. He’s not got the best basic fundamentals of a boxer but he can throw a punch.

US scene has always been about making the most money. I mean can we really complain about this?

It’s on Netflix.

For many many people, they won’t have to pay a penny.

He also gets a lot of respect from other fighters.
How come actual boxers give him respect, but random keyboard warriors who have never put on gloves sh!t on him and say he’s not a real boxer?

Someone like Nico Ali Walsh got a lot of positive feedback, even though Jake Paul is the better fighter (with fewer fights), and it’s not even close.

Jake Paul should not be boxing Anthony Joshua. Period.

But I will enjoy the fight.

Jake Paul - 216.6lbs
Anthony Joshua - 243.4lbs