Anthony Joshua Should Smash Jake Paul In One Round

Sergio Moura says Jake Paul will not get past the first round unless Anthony Joshua opts to play him on December 19.

Joshua’s retreat factor

Moura believes Paul (12-1, 7 KOs) “shouldn’t stand a chance.” Of course, it ignores how much the 36-year-old Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) has regressed due to age, underwear and inactivity.

It’s not the Joshua of a decade ago that Paul will fight on December 19 on Netflix. He’s the player who was knocked out in five rounds by the flawed Daniel Dubois in September 2024. AJ has been licking his emotional and physical wounds for the past 15 months.

AJ’s “play with it” option.

“He shouldn’t get past the first round. But if he wants to take some rounds and make it more of an event, I can see AJ playing around with him a little bit,” Sergio Moura said on Chris Mannix’s YouTube. channel. “Jake Paul shouldn’t stand a chance in this fight. He should be beaten into submission in the first round.”

Joshua couldn’t beat Otto Wallin in the first round, and that was two years ago in 2023. Wallin is a lower-tier heavyweight, most recently beaten by 41-year-old Dereck Chisora ​​last February.

The sparring help Jake got from Frank Sanchez, Lawrence Okolie, and Jared Anderson will help him a lot in this fight. These are fighters who are younger than Joshua and, in Sanchez’s case, faster.

Paul’s survival plan

“It will make a difference but not a lot,” Mora said of Jake Paul getting top-notch sparring partners to prepare him for Joshua. “He has the resources to progress faster than most. To get those names to fight at the championship level, Jake Paul is going to have to spend some big money.”

Paul is unlikely to explode in front of Yeshua because he knows that if he does, he will explode. He wouldn’t make a mistake like that against a top player like AJ.

“Not only that, but big transportation, big money on housing, food, travel, all that equipment. He has the resources to do it. So congratulations to Jake Paul. He can progress faster than most,” Mora said.