The bout between Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul ended as expected. However, just like many fans have expressed, Anthony Joshua admitted during an interview with Ariel Helwani that the Friday night fight was not “the best performance. Also, he added that “it took longer than he [antony joshua] expected.”
“It wasn’t the best performance. I wanted to pin him down and hurt him. It took me longer than I expected. Jake Paul did really well and he deserves his props. It takes a real man to do that, and he deserves respect for trying and trying and trying. But he came up against a real fighter tonight.
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Anthony Joshua Sent a Clear Message to Tyson Fury
Anthony Joshua also addressed his long absence from the ring; you’d recall that this will be his only fight in 2025. The two-time heavyweight world champion took a year-long hiatus and hasn’t been in the ring since a fifth-round knockout loss to Dubois in September 2024. On what’s next, Anthony Joshua said:
“… if Tyson Fury is as serious as he thinks he is, and he wants to put down his Twitter fingers and put on some gloves and come and fight one of the realest fighters out there that will take on any challenge, step into the ring with me next if you’re a real bad boy. Don’t do all that talking, ‘AJ this, AJ that’, let’s see you in the ring and talk with your fists.”
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