The emptiness of rooting for Anthony Joshua against Jake Paul

The emptiness of rooting for Anthony Joshua against Jake Paul

There is something hollow about the whole “save boxing” brigade lining up behind Anthony Joshua on December 19th. They are not cheering for the man. They are cheering against the kid who made them feel old. That is the truth. They are not backing skill or heart or legacy. They are backing fear dressed up

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Why Paul vs Joshua is the fight boxing purists love to hate

Why Paul vs Joshua is the fight boxing purists love to hate

Boxing purists are walking around like someone just kicked their dog and stole their pint. They hate this fight with every fibre of their being. They hate the Netflix logo on the canvas. They hate that the main event on December 19th in Florida is a twenty-eight-year-old YouTuber against a thirty-five-year-old former champion who has

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Will Joshua treat Paul like a sparring partner or like a mortal enemy

Will Joshua treat Paul like a sparring partner or like a mortal enemy?

The real question nobody wants to ask out loud is this: what if Joshua shows up on December 19th in Florida and treats Jake Paul like a mortal enemy and it still isn’t enough? All the talk about quiet rage and evil intentions sounds good until you remember the same man froze against Usyk twice

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The quiet panic of an Anthony Joshua who finally met someone he can’t intimidate

The quiet panic of an Anthony Joshua who finally met someone he can’t intimidate

Anthony Joshua has been called many things in his career. Chinny after Ruiz. Overrated after Usyk. Robotic when he started running. He took it all on that granite chin and kept cashing cheques. Never once did anyone dare call him boring to his face and make it stick. Until Jake Paul did it a hundred

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Anthony Joshua Fists Carry the Weight of Every Champion Who Never Got to Punch a YouTuber

Anthony Joshua Fists Carry the Weight of Every Champion Who Never Got to Punch a YouTuber

Boxing history is littered with hard men who never got the chance to silence a loudmouth with a camera crew. Marciano never had to listen to some kid with face tattoos call him washed. Hagler never watched a Disney star turned cruiserweight claim he’d smoke him in a phone booth. Ali danced and talked, sure,

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