Anthony Joshua defeats Jake Paul by knockout

Former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua defeated YouTuber-turned-fighter Jake Paul by knockout successful the sixth circular of their much-anticipated bout astatine the Kaseya Center successful Miami precocious Friday night.

Although the 36-year-old Joshua had not fought since September 2024, erstwhile helium was knocked retired by Daniel Dubois successful 5 rounds, helium came successful arsenic the prohibitive favourite to derail Paul's ambitious combat plans.

Anthony Joshua punches Jake Paul successful their heavyweight bout during Jake Paul v Anthony Joshua astatine Kaseya Center connected Dec. 19, 2025, successful Miami, Florida. Ed Mulholland/Getty Images for Netflix

In their photograph standoff that closed Wednesday's event, the 6-foot-6 Joshua towered implicit the 6-1 Paul. Joshua besides has a six-inch scope advantage, 82-76. In addition, 12 of Paul's bouts person been astatine the 200-pound cruiserweight limit.

Joshua weighed 243 pounds astatine their Thursday weigh-in, portion Paul was 216.

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