Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua vs. Jake Joseph Paul - Judgement Day, Dec 19th - Discussion Thread.

AJ by KO is the only way a genuine fight between them ends.

 

Yes and no. Funny because AJ would be humiliated, not funny because it would be a huge dookie streak smeared all up in the trunks of boxing. We fans would not deal with that too well.

 

Paul will **** out before they ever get in the ring. I'll believe this when they're both actually standing across from one another. Still benefits AJ though just from promo alone.

 

Heard there is a No Knockout Clause in the contract.
Which means that JP is not allowed to knockout AJ.

 

If it's a real fight Jake has lost his ****ing mind.

He's a muppet, but maybe not that stupid imo.
So that leaves me with too options, it's a scripted exhibition, or Jake has so many people hyping him around him he's started to believe the bull****

 

There isn’t an official no knockout clause but if AJ doesn’t KO Jake within at MOST 2 rounds it’s definitely fixed

 

I'm actually not as offended by this as a lot of people are. If it was one of those god awful exhibition bouts I wouldn't watch as they're full of dodgy clauses and pre-agreements which guarantee they're unwatachable slop.

This has some freak show appeal. Basically answering the question all of us have considered at one time or another. "I wonder how long I could survive in a ring with Anthony Joshua".

I'm reckon he gets on his bike and survives a round.

 

It may not be that high but the number may be high enough where Jake does view it as a cash out fight for boxing. As you've said, everybody probably has their number as to what it'd take for them to get KOd by AJ.

 

He didn't used to, but since Usyk II he has fought five times in a row not just above 245 but comfortably above:

Franklin 255¼
Helenius 250
Wallin 251
Ngannou 252½
Dubois 252¼

Averaging more than 7lbs over that. I'm sure Paul's team believes they're into something exploitable there. Hopefully they're wrong.

 

Sportsbet only have Paul listed as a 7 to 1 underdog LOL if this is a legit fight I would have AJ at $1.01 and Paul at over $100

 

At that size 7lbs is nothing, he probably fluctuates that day to day. The 245 lbs number seems random, but it was probably part of the negotiations. Paul's team probably wanted 235, AJ's team 250 and they ended up there. Shouldn't be an issue for someone as attuned to their body as AJ is.

 

Some of the conditions AJ had to agree to:
1. In the last week before the fight, Joshua can consume no more than 1,200 calories per day.
2. On fight day, Joshua must run a marathon.
3. Joshua cannot arrive at the facility more than 5 minutes before the fight begins – warm-ups are strictly prohibited.
4. Before the fight begins, Jake Paul will have won 7 rounds.
5. Joshua can only throw a left jab. If he wants to throw any other punch, he must first ask Jake's permission.
6. After the fourth round, his older brother, Logan, will join the fight with a stun gun, which he can use a maximum of three times per minute.
7. Jake can land three low blows per round without penalty.
8. If AJ slips or loses his balance, he will automatically lose by TKO.
9. If Paul goes down, he has a month to recover without stopping the fight.

 

Sorry, did you say that the guy who got outboxed, outfought, and pummeled over 5 rounds ending in a face down KO by a guy who himself is barely top 5, is top 5?

I think you'd struggle to make an argument that Joshua is top 10 right now. Dubois OUTBOXED him - this is very important.

 

AJ is going to knock Paul's block off.