{"id":78835,"date":"2025-11-17T18:32:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=78835"},"modified":"2025-11-17T18:32:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:32:28","slug":"anthony-joshua-jake-paul-set-for-eight-round-miami-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/17\/anthony-joshua-jake-paul-set-for-eight-round-miami-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua, Jake Paul Set for Eight-Round Miami Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former two-time unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will take on YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in an eight-round bout at the Kaseya Center in Miami, to be streamed live on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>The fight, scheduled over three-minute rounds, requires Joshua, who weighed over 250lbs in his last three outings to come in under 245lbs. Both fighters will use standard 10-ounce gloves.<\/p>\n<p>The matchup follows the cancellation of Paul\u2019s planned exhibition with Gervonta Davis after a lawsuit filed against Davis by his ex-girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>Paul, 28, said he is out to prove a point: \u201cThis isn\u2019t an AI simulation. This is Judgment Day. When I beat Anthony Joshua, every doubt disappears.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joshua, 36, returns to the ring for the first time since his knockout loss to Daniel Dubois in September 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He described the fight as a fresh start: \u201cI took some time out and I\u2019m coming back with a mega show. I\u2019m here to do massive numbers, have big fights and break every record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cI\u2019m about to break the internet over Jake Paul\u2019s face.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola Former two-time unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will take on YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in an eight-round bout at the Kaseya Center in Miami, to be streamed live on Netflix. The fight, scheduled over three-minute rounds, requires Joshua, who weighed over 250lbs in his last three outings to come in under 245lbs. Both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":78836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78837,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78835\/revisions\/78837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}