As the countdown continues between Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua, opinions continue to pile up.
We are now just under three weeks away from 6ft 6in heavyweight man-mountain Joshua entering the ring against 6ft 1in cruiserweight Paul.
The eight-round heavyweight contest headlines the promotions most valuable card from Miami’s Kaseya Center and will stream live on Netflix. The widely held opinion is that Joshua will be too powerful and too skilled for the inexperienced Paul, who failed to beat Tommy Fury in 2023.
Joshua’s chin, however, was brutally exposed by Daniel Dubois during their all-British world title clash last year, which ended in a fifth-round knockout defeat for AJ.
The unpredictable nature of boxing – as well as its hackneyed clichés – have led some to suggest that Paul still has a “chance to strike”. Former super lightweight and welterweight world champion Tim Bradley shared his thoughts on his YouTube channel.
“They did it again. They got another guy in there who’s a little weak-minded. It’s supposed to be an easy fight for Anthony Joshua. Shoot, if he walks in there and is who he is, right?”
“An experienced Olympic gold medalist, an experienced fighter that he is – bigger than Jake Paul, stronger than Jake Paul, more skilled than Jake Paul. He’s supposed to serve Jake Paul.
“Crush it. Yeah, easy work. That’s what it’s supposed to be like. I’m definitely listening to this one.”
However, in a more recent video, the Hall of Fame fighter appeared to lower the odds.
“It’s not a foregone conclusion that AJ is going to pull this shit off.
“It’s a dangerous fight for those two guys, man. It’s a 50/50 fight in my eyes. You know, AJ, [points to chin]I don’t know.
“I don’t want to predict any of this, but listen, if Andy Ruiz can come up to him with his short, stocky body and get in there and get his hands on Anthony Joshua, I think Jake Paul has a damn chance, man.
“[Paul] is a little quicker on his feet, throws combinations and he has that looping right hand that he likes to set up. Anthony Joshua can be boxed, but by Jake Paul? I don’t know.”
Bradley isn’t the only one giving his thoughts on the Joshua vs. Paul matchup, with former world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr also doing so after being the last man to face ‘The Problem Child’ in June.
