{"id":240879,"date":"2025-12-19T11:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T11:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/240879\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T11:14:10","slug":"anthony-joshua-weighs-in-almost-two-stone-heavier-than-jake-paul-as-briton-makes-throat-slitting-gestures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/240879\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua weighs in almost two stone heavier than Jake Paul as Briton makes throat-slitting gestures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Joshua weighed in almost two stone heavier than Jake Paul for Friday’s controversial heavyweight bout.<\/p>\n

The British Heavyweight tipped the scales at 243.4lb on Thursday, while Paul registered 216.6lb ahead of their Friday night clash in Miami.<\/p>\n

The former unified world heavyweight champion comfortably came in under the unusual 245lb limit that had been imposed specifically on him for this bout at the Kaseya Center.<\/p>\n

Heavyweight contests typically carry no weight restrictions, but the cap was introduced, given the significant gulf in experience between the two-time world champion and the YouTube star turned boxer.<\/p>\n

The professional eight-round contest will be fought using regulation 10oz gloves.<\/p>\n

Joshua insisted the weight cut posed no difficulties whatsoever.<\/p>\n

The British fighter declared: “I’ve made the weight easily. No problem.”<\/p>\n

It put an end to any hopes from the Paul camp that he might arrive weakened after dropping to his lowest poundage in years.<\/p>\n

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Anthony Joshua weighed in almost two stone heavier than Jake Paul<\/p>\n

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Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, reportedly exaggerated to Paul’s team how much the Briton typically weighs between bouts, even though the fighter has scaled over 250lb in recent contests.<\/p>\n

Paul, meanwhile, stepped onto the scales at his heaviest recorded weight, some 3lb more than when he faced Mike Tyson last year. <\/p>\n

The American appeared to be suffering from a cold and sore throat during proceedings.<\/p>\n

During the public weigh-in ceremony at the Fillmore Miami Beach, both fighters were elevated on large pedestals rising from the stage as they faced off.<\/p>\n

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Both fighters were elevated on large pedestals rising from the stage as they faced off<\/p>\n

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Joshua appeared more composed while Paul seemed more animated. <\/p>\n

The pair exchanged throat-slitting gestures, with Joshua telling his opponent to stop touching him.<\/p>\n

Paul issued his prediction: “I’ve got you where I want you. Under all the pressure, in a corner and ready to be knocked out in the sixth or seventh round.”<\/p>\n

Britain’s two-time world heavyweight champion responded bluntly to the social media star: “I’m the serious boxer here and I’m going to f*** you up.”<\/p>\n

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The British Heavyweight tipped the scales at 243.4lb on Thursday<\/p>\n

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Joshua defended his provocative remarks about having a “licence to kill” in the ring, comments that drew sharp criticism from Tyson Fury, who branded him a “classless loser.” <\/p>\n

The British heavyweight stood firm, saying: “That’s my job. We fight. We have a licence to kill. Many people don’t understand it, but this is what my job is.”<\/p>\n

Concerns persist about the mismatch between a former unified world champion and a cruiserweight novice with just 12 wins and one defeat.<\/p>\n

Despite the controversy, public interest in Miami appeared lukewarm, with seats at the venue less than half full and tickets still available. <\/p>\n

The promotion’s focus remains on the millions expected to watch on Netflix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua weighed in almost two stone heavier than Jake Paul for Friday’s controversial heavyweight bout. The British…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[32544,434,18,117,19,17,5,63657,119],"class_list":{"0":"post-240879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-sgg","16":"tag-sport"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115745945254094086","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}