Former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has disclosed that his job was to end Jake Paul’s boxing career.
Recall that Joshua dropped Paul twice in the fifth and once in the sixth to mercifully end a mismatch that was globally streamed on Netflix.
Speaking on the Mr. Versace Podcast with The Ring, Joshua expressed no regrets, stating that his implicit mandate from the boxing community was to put an end to the YouTuber’s run in the sport.
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“There was a strict message that was given and a task that was laid upon me, and that was to get rid of Jake Paul and remove him from our beloved sport, which is boxing,” Joshua told The Ring’s CEO, Rick Reeno, on the “Mr. Verzace Podcast.“
“Whether that took me one round, whether that took me six rounds, I believe the job was well and truly done.
“No matter if they move around and they run around, I’m that good,” Joshua said. “I should be able to knock him out in a round, right? It doesn’t matter that he’s running around.
“Someone will say, ‘Well, just cut the ring off, just do this.’ And that’s what we should be doing. However, I knew that if I throw a barrage of punches and the referee waved the fight off after 30 seconds, or two to three rounds, I don’t think it would have been satisfying.
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“[It was a] significant [event]. [My profile] went boom,” Joshua said. “I think a lot more eyes were able to see me. I had to shake off some cobwebs. So a lot of people just saw the light coming back on me.
“So taking that year out, I’d come back to Miami on the biggest stage and people could see that light, that vibrant energy, regardless of Jake Paul. A lot of people said, ‘That’s the guy we knew’ and it felt good to be back on the big stage.”
