Two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua puts his reputation on the line when facing YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in Miami this week, and we’re backing the Brit to shut up the big-mouthed upstart.
Paul beat Mike Tyson by unanimous decision just over 12 months ago, but that was the latter’s first fight in almost two decades, and many pundits felt the 58-year-old appeared to pull out of throwing any meaningful punches.
With talk of a long-anticipated showdown against Tyson Fury recently being ramped up, surely Joshua can’t afford to treat this as some kind of Christmas pantomime show?
AJ has promised “no mercy”, and that makes 8/11 for him to get this over and done with inside the opening two rounds the way to go with our initial Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua prediction .
Betting Odds
Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua Betting Odds
Result | Odds |
|---|---|
Jake Paul | 13/2 |
Anthony Joshua | 1/12 |
Draw | 20/1 |
How to Watch
How to Watch Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua
This much-hyped match-up will be streamed exclusively by Netflix, and the ring walks for the feature event are expected to start at approximately 01:00 GMT in the early hours of Saturday.
Jake Paul
Paul Pumped Up For ‘Judgement Day’
‘Problem Child’ Paul has generated strong pay-per-view numbers in some high-profile bouts, notably getting the better of several ex-UFC stars. He did post that ‘triumph’ over Iron Mike in Texas and this summer outpointed 39-year-old former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr in California to make it 12 wins out of 13.
But how do you gloss over the fact that his one defeat came against Tommy Fury in February 2023? With an injury-free run and more experience, Fury might have made it to a British cruiserweight title challenge, but now Paul is pitting himself against a heavyweight who still has world-title aspirations at the age of 36.
Paul said, “This isn’t an AI simulation. This is Judgement Day. A professional heavyweight fight against an elite world champion in his prime…To all my haters, this is what you wanted.” Nobody doubts the American can talk the talk, but it is just so hard to envisage him walking this walk!
BOYLE Sports are offering a tempting price boost of 9/4 for AJ to blow away his opponent in round one, and that is tough to resist in our Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua betting tips.
Anthony Joshua
Joshua Vows To Come Back With A Bang.
There have been several significant bumps in the road for Joshua since he stormed to an 11th-round stoppage of Wladimir Klitschko in a modern-day classic back in 2017. A shock loss to Andy Ruiz was quickly avenged, but Oleksandr Usyk twice proved too classy for AJ , and a fifth-round knockout by Daniel Dubois at Wembley in September 2024 put his ring future in doubt.
However, prior to that setback, Joshua had demolished MMA heavyweight star Francis Ngannou inside two rounds, and his punching power has never been questioned. The 36-year-old Londoner has shrugged off sceptical remarks regarding this bout, declaring: “I’m about to break the internet over Jake Paul’s face. No mercy. I took some time out, and I’m coming back with a mega show.”
Conspiracy theorists who fear this will turn into little more than eight rounds of gentle sparring can get a BOYLE Sports price boost of 5/1 for zero knockdowns in the fight, while it is 7/2 for it to go the distance in the Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua odds. But it will be a worrying night for true fans of the noble art if either of those bets comes in!
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