Read our Privacy noticeAnthony Joshua and Jake Paul’s fight on Friday was hardly a classic, although many fans got their wish of seeing the YouTube star suffer a stoppage defeat. Joshua, a former two-time world heavyweight champion, struggled to pin down the evasive Paul in the early rounds but eventually found the target. • Follow LIVE: Joshua vs Paul fallout as Briton stops YouTuber in six roundsHe dropped Paul four times in the middle rounds of a scheduled eight, ultimately forcing the stoppage in the sixth frame at Miami’s Kaseya Centre. Now, Compubox’s statistics for the fight have listed Paul, 28, as having landed a meagre 16 punches from 56 thrown in the five-and-a-half completed rounds. But Joshua eventually found the shots required to put away the American, even leading Paul to claim that he had suffered a broken jaw.

Source: Punch December 20, 2025 11:20 UTC