Anthony Joshua knocked out Jake Paul in the sixth round of their heavyweight fight on Friday night.The two-time heavyweight champion displayed his elite punching power, dropping Paul twice in the fifth round as his opponent faded.
Sensing Paul was nearing the end, Joshua rocked him with a right uppercut early in the sixth. The English fighter then floored Paul with a combination to the head.
although Paul (12-2) managed to get back to his feet, Joshua (29-4, 26 KOs) ended PaulS upset bid by dropping him a fourth time with a right to the head. Referee Christopher Young counted Paul out at 1:31 of the round in front of a sold-out crowd of 19,600 at the Kaseya center.
After the fight, Paul revealed on social media that he sustained a “double broken jaw” during the loss, sharing an X-ray picture of the injury.
“Double broken jaw,” he wrote on Instagram. “Give me Canelo in 10 days.” In a seperate post from what appeared to be a hospital room, he added, “thanks for all the support I’m OK.”
Prior to the fight, Joshua told CBS Sports that he would consider it “a failure” if the match went longer than one round.
Though, his post-match comments were more measured.”Jake Paul has done really well tonight,” Joshua said, according to CBS Sports. “I want to give him his props. He got up time and time again. It was arduous in there for him, but he kept trying to find a way. It takes a real man to do that.”
With the victory, Joshua can now position himself to reclaim…
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