Jake Paul is giving away some disadvantages soon against Anthony Joshua but he also is doing a lot of things right. Some data and facts to know below.
Jake Paul is giving away a lot in height and reach against Anthony Joshua but he is not as out of depth in some other areas as many think in the December 19th fight.
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Paul has been training as a pro for some years now and has trained as a heavyweight for a while, with heavyweight his natural walking around weight now.
He has added some weight in recent times as well to increase his muscle mass for the heavyweight division.
Moreover, he has stipulated that Joshua can weigh no more than 245 pounds for the fight.
So, the weight different won’t be as much as people think, we think Joshua may out weigh him by around 15 pounds on fight night.
Let’s look at some facts on the fight and the heavyweight aspect of it for a minute for Jake Paul.
Stats On Jake Paul Weight Gain For Anthony Joshua
Paul gained 25 pounds of muscle for the fight.
He now weighs his heaviest ever at 227+ pounds.
Paul’s team claims his power increased 40%.
Training includes deadlifting 600 pounds.
Paul eats 8,000 calories daily for size.
His neck measures 20 inches for punch resistance.
Paul sparred actual heavyweights for first time.
The build aims to match Joshua’s physicality.
Critics say size means nothing against Joshua’s skill.
Paul’s new physique became viral transformation content.
Paul will give away reach and height but if he can use with some might think is possibly a small bit of an advantage in speed as the smaller more mobile boxer, maybe, just maybe, he can land some combinations and so on.
All it takes is one punch and if Joshua has not recovered from one of the heaviest knockouts ever seen in heavyweight history, against Daniel Dubois, anything can happen.
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