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Anthony Joshua knocks out Jake Paul

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Anthony Joshua knocked out Jake Paul in the sixth round of their fight on Friday night.

Joshua smelled blood in the water in the fifth round and knocked Paul down twice. Somehow Paul survived this tour. In the sixth round, the British heavyweight could not last long as he delivered the final blows.

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Jake Paul fights Anthony Joshua in their heavyweight bout during Jake Paul v Anthony Joshua at Kaseya Center on December 19, 2025 in Miami, Florida. (Ed Mulholland/Getty Images for Netflix)

For Joshua, it wasn’t as easy as he wanted. He made 62% of his strong shots, but the expectation was that he wouldn’t take the match beyond the round.

“It wasn’t the best performance,” Joshua admitted, adding that Paul held his own in the fight.

Paul came out bouncing around the ring, trying to land shots wherever he could. He landed a few quick blows on Joshua and probably won the first round. However, Paul’s strategy began to disappoint the referee and the crowd.

The Cleveland native would attack Joshua and try to wrap him up. He hit the mat several times, prompting boos from the crowd at Miami’s Kaseya Center. Even the referee had to weigh in.

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Jake Paul (left) tries to escape from Anthony Joshua during their heavyweight boxing match on Friday, December 19, 2025 in Miami, Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

“Fans didn’t pay to see this nonsense,” the referee said midway through the fourth round.

They definitely didn’t.

However, the duo brought the ball upon the referee’s warning, but Paul’s stamina began to wane. It allowed Joshua to step up and land the shots necessary to take him down.

Paul entered the fight with only one blemish on his record; He lost to Tommy Fury. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and he was coming off wins against Mike Tyson; the latter was one of the biggest spectacles the sport has seen in years.

He told Netflix’s Ariel Helwani that he believes his jaw was broken. After the match, he said he would take a break and come back stronger.

Joshua hasn’t fought since last September. He was knocked out by Daniel Dubois in the IBF heavyweight championship match. Prior to that, he had a four-fight winning streak with victories over Francis Ngannou, Otto Wallin, Robert Helenius and Jermaine Franklin.