{"id":890101,"date":"2026-02-04T03:14:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/anthony-joshua-and-jake-paul-make-weight-ahead-of-miami-showdown\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T03:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:14:33","slug":"anthony-joshua-and-jake-paul-make-weight-ahead-of-miami-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/anthony-joshua-and-jake-paul-make-weight-ahead-of-miami-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul make weight ahead of Miami showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2025\/12\/19\/anthony-joshua-and-jake-paul-make-weight-ahead-of-miami-showdown\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            <i><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2025\/12\/19\/anthony-joshua-and-jake-paul-make-weight-ahead-of-miami-showdown\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            <i><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2025\/12\/19\/anthony-joshua-and-jake-paul-make-weight-ahead-of-miami-showdown\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            <i><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul make weight ahead of Miami showdown&#038;body=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2025\/12\/19\/anthony-joshua-and-jake-paul-make-weight-ahead-of-miami-showdown\/\"><br \/>\n            <i><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2025\/12\/19\/anthony-joshua-and-jake-paul-make-weight-ahead-of-miami-showdown\/\" data-action=\"share\/whatsapp\/share\"><br \/>\n            <i><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/images\/whatsapp_logo.png\"><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section>\n<header>\n<div>\n<p>\n                                                      Jake Paul, front left, and Anthony Joshua, front right, face off during a weigh-in Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Miami Beach, Fla., ahead of their heavyweight boxing match.<br \/>\n                                                                                  <span>\u00a0\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p> Copyright \u00a9 africanews <\/p>\n<p><span> Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2025-12-19 19:16:46\"><br \/>\n        <i><\/i><br \/>\n              <span>Last updated:<\/span><br \/>\n                                          19\/12 &#8211; 19:16<br \/>\n                            <\/time>\n                        <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<h4>\n<p>                                                <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/country\/usa\/\"><br \/>\n                        USA<br \/>\n                    <\/a><br \/>\n                                    <\/h4>\n<p>    <\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul and former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua made weight on Thursday for their bout on 19 December.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joshua weighed 243 pounds at their Thursday weigh-in, while Paul was 216.<\/p>\n<p>The heavyweight tilt, which will consist of eight three-minute rounds, will take place at Kaseya Center in Miami and will be streamed live on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the toughest fight yet for the 28-year-old Paul, who has a 12-1 record (7 KOs) and last fought in June when he beat former middleweight champion Julio C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Jr. by unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) is a two-time unified WBO, WBA, and IBF heavyweight world champion and Olympic gold medallist, but the 36-year-old hasn\u2019t fought since losing to Daniel Dubois in an IBF title fight in September 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<p>                                You may also like<br \/>\n                                    <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div>\n<article data-article=\"2867300\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n                <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2026\/02\/03\/infantino-defends-fifa-peace-prize-award-to-trump-considers-end-to-russia-ban\/\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/63\/63\/91\/320x180_cmsv2_a7a057d9-02e7-5583-a18c-893a9e9e741b-9636391.jpg\" data-srcset  alt=\"Infantino defends FIFA Peace Prize award to Trump, considers end to Russia ban\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2026\/02\/03\/infantino-defends-fifa-peace-prize-award-to-trump-considers-end-to-russia-ban\/\"><\/p>\n<p>                                <\/a>\n                                                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                    <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2025\/12\/19\/anthony-joshua-and-jake-paul-make-weight-ahead-of-miami-showdown\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Paul, front left, and Anthony Joshua, front right, face off during a weigh-in Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Miami Beach, Fla., ahead of their heavyweight boxing match. \u00a0\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 Copyright \u00a9 africanews Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. 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