{"id":81370,"date":"2025-12-17T09:39:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/?p=81370"},"modified":"2026-07-03T10:29:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:29:34","slug":"credit-to-jake-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/2025\/12\/credit-to-jake-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"Credit to Jake Paul\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have given Jake Paul &#8211; the combat sport identity &#8211; credit&nbsp;numerous&nbsp;times.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To me, he deserves credit from three angles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/guywholikessport.wixsite.com\/guywholikessport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Firstly, for his promotion of Amanda Serrano and women\u2019s boxing generally.<\/a>\u00a0The combination of Paul and Eddie Hearn working with genuine stars like\u00a0Katie Taylor and Serrano made them both million-dollar athletes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The greatest female fighter of all time stands tall!<br><br>Last time Katie Taylor &amp; Amanda Serrano fought<br><br>They sold out MSG, 1.5 million tuned in Worldwide, and it was the fight of the Year in 2022<br><br>Tonight, they shall shatter EVERY RECORD and set the new BENCHMARK, inspiring even\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6Ouh201zFF\">pic.twitter.com\/6Ouh201zFF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Boxing Tickets NI (@BoxingTicketsNI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoxingTicketsNI\/status\/1857470753504915576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While woke is now dead, though potentially making a comeback, this is not about inclusivity. This is about dollars and cents.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>High-level women\u2019s boxing is full of absolute\u00a0slobberknockers.\u00a0If you can build some stars around the ageing Taylor and Serrano, there\u2019s real money to be made in what are often highly watchable scraps. Paul is ahead of that curve.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gabriela Fundora is the future of woman\u2019s boxing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CollazoVayson?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CollazoVayson<\/a> <br><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EnI9V9oZlM\">pic.twitter.com\/EnI9V9oZlM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Zach \u201c\ud83c\udd42\ud83c\udd32\ud83c\udd37\ud83c\udd44\ud83c\udd49\u201d Schumaker (@ZachSchumaker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachSchumaker\/status\/1969596168209645901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondly, for the way that he has looked after fighters under his Most Valuable Promotions banner.\u00a0The best thing they\u2019ve done in this regard\u00a0is,\u00a0after being forced to cancel a scheduled bout between Paul and Hasim Rahman Jr 2022, they paid smaller ticket undercard fighters half of their purse and released them from any contractual obligations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today was supposed to be the day I fought a \u201creal boxer\u201d at MSG. It wasn\u2019t meant to be. My opponents were both frauds.<br><br>I will be back. Much bigger fights ahead.<br><br>Again I want to thank all of the undercard fighters. We got you. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MostVpromotions?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MostVpromotions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FBOjZfGzgm\">pic.twitter.com\/FBOjZfGzgm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jake Paul (@jakepaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jakepaul\/status\/1555900413832220675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s&nbsp;not a single other fighting promotion in combat sports that does that.&nbsp;That\u2019s&nbsp;a unicorn event, like a house being sold within the advertised range in Australia.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirdly, for the way that he has dragged boxing into places it has never been.\u00a0Namely, onto Netflix.\u00a0With Paul v Mike Tyson, then Serrano v Taylor 3, Jake Paul has been involved in both of boxing\u2019s forays onto the largest streaming platform on earth.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jake Paul and Mike Tyson at the end of 8 rounds. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PaulTyson?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PaulTyson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YFdcUrkPZk\">pic.twitter.com\/YFdcUrkPZk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Netflix (@netflix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix\/status\/1857657728497496242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Netflix is unlikely to become a major boxing broadcaster, showing fights every Saturday but they are clearly into making themselves a live event centre as we\u2019ve seen with their acquisition of the WWE and their attempts to broadcast comedy. Paul clearly saw that Netflix was heading toward big\u00a0events, and\u00a0has dragged boxing with him. Not just for his own fights, but for the stars\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0trying to build.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWERaw<\/a>&#39;s premiere on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@netflix<\/a> is absolutely STACKED tonight! \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RawOnNetflix?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RawOnNetflix<\/a> <br>8E\/5P <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@netflix<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KmqzZ1Hy8d\">pic.twitter.com\/KmqzZ1Hy8d<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1876423356540731742?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ll&nbsp;note that none of the credit I am willing to give him has anything to do with what he does in the ring.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jRQd58EIlqg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jake Paul is a boxer like Martin Scorsese is an actor<\/a>.&nbsp;It\u2019s&nbsp;just something he does. It&nbsp;isn\u2019t&nbsp;what&nbsp;he\u2019s&nbsp;great at.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a fighter, there\u2019s not much to him other than a big right hand.\u00a0He jabs like he\u2019s Rocky Balboa (derogatory), has stiff footwork, no clear ability to find and\u00a0maintain\u00a0his range, and no discernible defensive plan.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nah, Paul by R8 KO, points to the centre and slumps Joshua <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G7bffdCMJ5\">pic.twitter.com\/G7bffdCMJ5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jack Gatti MMA \ud83e\udd4a (@JackGatti772) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackGatti772\/status\/1990449696872288593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Put simply,&nbsp;he\u2019s&nbsp;a guy that started boxing in his 20s.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His resume, such as it is, indicates to me that this is a man who knows he\u2019s more marketer than anything else.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0full of guys that are much smaller than him, much older than him, that\u00a0aren\u2019t\u00a0and never have been boxers, and then also 58-year-old Mike Tyson post a medical emergency.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jake Paul knocks down Nate Diaz in round 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tFipOrnnzR\">pic.twitter.com\/tFipOrnnzR<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u265b\ud835\udcd2\ud835\udcea\ud835\udcf6\ud835\udcd5\ud835\udcdb\u265b (@CamCWFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CamCWFL\/status\/1688049320224817153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But now things have changed.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul\u2019s next fight was originally slated to be against Gervonta Davis.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Davis is a Mario Balotelli level waste of talent.\u00a0He\u2019s a gifted counterpuncher with crazy power who does everything except volume well.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My Knockout of the Year;<br>Gervonta Davis KO6 Leo Santa Cruz.<br>10\/31\/2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IQjT9BRqbl\">pic.twitter.com\/IQjT9BRqbl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u1d1b\u1d00\u029c\u1d0a \ud83e\udd40 (@BoxingJournaIs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoxingJournaIs\/status\/1397990893060124674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cjaygojii\/status\/1864092840042619271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">However, heading into the Paul fight,&nbsp;he was clearly&nbsp;uniniterested&nbsp;in boxing professionally any longer.<\/a>&nbsp;A fact that he himself underscored&nbsp;time and again&nbsp;both with his words and in the ring during his atrocious fight with Lamont Roach, which he clearly lost.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8NEWS||: Gervonta Davis Announces Plan to Retire from Boxing After 2025\u2026\ud83d\ude33\ud83e\udd2f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4Lbadg6vj2\">pic.twitter.com\/4Lbadg6vj2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; cjayrs (@cjaygojii) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cjaygojii\/status\/1864092840042619271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even heading into the Paul fight, you could feel how sincerely\u00a0uninterested\u00a0he was in the fight and the promotion.\u00a0He looked like he\u2019d taken benzos on the way into press conferences, and on the off chance you woke him up the only thing he\u2019d talk about was retiring.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gervonta Davis\u2019 reaction when they announced the Jake Paul exhibition has a 195-lb limit:<br><br>\u201cY\u2019all said it was 190\u2026\u201d \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wicW6uwkRn\">pic.twitter.com\/wicW6uwkRn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HappyPunch\/status\/1970304301760446954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, you have a\u00a0135 pound\u00a0guy that is sick of boxing?\u00a0Sounds like a perfect Jake Paul opponent.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u203c\ufe0fTHE 1ST FACE-OFF<br>BETWEEN <br>GERVONTA DAVIS &amp; JAKE PAUL\u203c\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Boxing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Boxing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TankPaul?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TankPaul<\/a> <br>\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udca5\ud83e\udd4a\ud83e\udd4a\ud83e\udd4a\ud83e\udd4a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yNUB4CJIgn\">pic.twitter.com\/yNUB4CJIgn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Danny (@dantheboxingman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dantheboxingman\/status\/1970258887845786073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Davis committed yet another crime outside the ring.\u00a0Paul, given his status as a pioneer in women\u2019s boxing, wisely got rid of him and started looking for another opponent.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gervonta Davis is an actual walking human piece of garbage. Working with him is an absolute nightmare. The unprofessionalism, the bizarre requests, the showing up hours late to shoots. To the numerous arrests and related accusations and lawsuits. If you support this man you\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Jake Paul (@jakepaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jakepaul\/status\/1985546734483755433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I cannot believe he found Anthony Joshua.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anthony Joshua so big he\u2019s got Jake Paul facing off with his chest \ud83d\ude2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lkDOWh7G6I\">pic.twitter.com\/lkDOWh7G6I<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HappyPunch\/status\/1991947677194670400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Joshua is bigger than Paul, still relatively close to his athletic prime. He is also, crucially, a no doubt about\u00a0it\u00a0boxer.\u00a0AJ is a\u00a0two time\u00a0heavyweight champion who gave Oleksandr Usyk probably the second toughest fight of his heavyweight career\u00a0only three years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oleksandr Usyk fights back the tears as he takes a split-decision win over Anthony Joshua. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qlbFYGq8oE\">pic.twitter.com\/qlbFYGq8oE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sky Sports Boxing (@SkySportsBoxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsBoxing\/status\/1561130088044929024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if AJ has never been my favourite heavyweight, he is a legitimate boxer with truly ferocious power. The last time AJ fought a non-boxer, it was Francis\u00a0Ngannou.\u00a0It didn\u2019t end well for Francis.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This angle of Anthony Joshua\u2019s knockout punch \ud83d\ude33\ud83e\udd4a<br><br>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DAZNBoxing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DAZNBoxing<\/a>) <br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TAN4UH3tTq\">pic.twitter.com\/TAN4UH3tTq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1766280590939283658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And Jake Paul has agreed to fight him, on a Netflix broadcast, on December 19.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not long now. Me versus Anthony \u201cThe Giant\u201d Joshua. Hahahaha <br><br>8 x 3 minute rounds. 10oz gloves. Professional heavyweight bout. Miami.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JakeJoshua?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JakeJoshua<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UKCDD93y18\">pic.twitter.com\/UKCDD93y18<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jake Paul (@jakepaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jakepaul\/status\/1998792460143616488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With this fight, Paul has melded his marketing brain with a fight that genuinely carries a level of danger for him in a way that no other fight\u00a0has, or\u00a0potentially could.\u00a0If Joshua throws his punches in anger, there is the chance for life-altering damage to be done to Jake Paul.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He went from looking down at Tank to looking up at one. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9rKLfGnm8f\">pic.twitter.com\/9rKLfGnm8f<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Anthony Joshua (@anthonyjoshua) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anthonyjoshua\/status\/1991972057320706070?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if&nbsp;he\u2019s&nbsp;a bit annoying, surely nobody wants to see that.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But exactly that danger element is why Paul deserves significant credit.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul made himself one of the biggest names in the hurt business without exposing himself to any hurt.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now&nbsp;that\u2019s&nbsp;changed.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The British media is all over Anthony Joshua for debasing himself like this, and I understand it.\u00a0But what\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0missing is that boxing has always had these freak fights and for AJ, this is the lowest risk money\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0ever going to make.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#39;This is everything wrong with boxing!&quot; \ud83d\ude31<br><br>&#39;He will get DEMOLISHED!&#39; \ud83d\ude35\u200d\ud83d\udcab<br><br>Simon Jordan SENDS BRUTAL WARNING To Jake Paul As He SLAMS Anthony Joshua Fight!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jakepaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jakepaul<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anthonyjoshua?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@anthonyjoshua<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dmxdNgMRnD\">pic.twitter.com\/dmxdNgMRnD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; talkSPORT Boxing (@boxing_ts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boxing_ts\/status\/1990411086013636873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is investing in an ETF for him\u00a0ahead of the Fury fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Frank Warren has confidently stated that the Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua mega fight will happen!<br><br>[<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsBoxing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SkySportsBoxing<\/a>]<\/p>&mdash; Boxing Kingdom (@BoxingKingdom14) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoxingKingdom14\/status\/2000680131744907634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>AJ&nbsp;isn\u2019t&nbsp;the story here.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The story is Jake Paul taking a risk that I truly never thought&nbsp;he\u2019d&nbsp;take. 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