As the countdown continues to Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua, the opinions continue to pile up.
We are now just under three weeks away from the 6ft 6ins heavyweight man-mountain Joshua stepping into the ring against the 6ft 1ins cruiserweight Paul.
The eight-round heavyweight contest headlines the Most Valuable Promotions card from the Kaseya Center in Miami and will be broadcast live on Netflix. The widely held view is that Joshua will be too powerful and too skilled for the inexperienced Paul, who failed to beat Tommy Fury in 2023.
Joshua’s chin, however, was brutally exposed by Daniel Dubois in their all-British world title clash last year, which ended in a fifth-round knockout defeat for AJ.
The unpredictable nature of boxing — along with its worn-out clichés — has led some to suggest Paul still has a “puncher’s chance.” Former super-lightweight and welterweight world champion Tim Bradley shared his thoughts on his YouTube channel.
“They did it again. They got another guy in there that’s a little bit weak-minded. This is supposed to be an easy fight for Anthony Joshua. Shoot, if he goes in there and is who he is, right?
“An experienced Olympic gold medallist, experienced fighter that he is — bigger than Jake Paul, stronger than Jake Paul, more skilled than Jake Paul. He’s supposed to serve Jake Paul.
“Smash him. Yeah, easy work. That’s what it’s supposed to be like. I’m definitely tuning in for this one.”
However, in a more recent video, the Hall of Fame fighter has appeared to narrow the odds.
“It ain’t no foregone conclusion that AJ is going to pull this s**t off.
“This is a dangerous fight for both of these guys, man. This is a 50/50 fight in my eyes. You know, AJ, [points to chin], I don’t know.
“I don’t want to predict none of that but look, if Andy Ruiz can get near him with his little, short tubby self and get in there and lay hands on Anthony Joshua, I think Jake Paul has got a damn chance, man.
“[Paul] is a little quicker on his feet, throws in combinations and he has got that looping right hand that he likes to set up. Anthony Joshua can get outboxed, but by Jake Paul? I don’t know.”
Bradley isn’t the only one to offer his thoughts on the Joshua vs. Paul match-up, with former world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr also doing so having been the last man to face ‘The Problem Child’ in June.
