I’ll be straight — this was always going to look like this. Joshua treating Jake Paul like an administrative task. Paul doing everything but actually fight. Miami getting its Netflix moment. The rest was just packaging.
Paul’s entire plan was pretty transparent: survive, spoil, fake chaos, repeat. Movement with no ambition. Clinches that bordered on theatre. Sudden collapses that somehow didn’t qualify as knockdowns. You survive heavyweights by making them think instead of hit. Paul forced Joshua to think for about twelve minutes.
Joshua didn’t start punishing until he realised nothing sharp was coming back. The body shots softened the rhythm. The uppercuts found clean space. By the fifth, Paul’s legs were whistling distress signals. By the sixth, the ref did everyone a favour and shut the night down.
The knockdown debate? Irrelevant. When a man falls enough times for the crowd to start counting on their own, you already know the direction of travel.
The rest of Miami told its own stories
Baumgardner–Beaudoin was academic. The knockdown in the seventh gave the judges something to latch onto. The rest was risk management disguised as activity.
Anderson Silva reminded everyone that technique ages slower than chin. One short uppercut, one right hand, Woodley folded. Fifty years old or not, Silva still throws the kind of short shots that stop men cold at this level.
Jahmal Harvey kept his unbeaten record with the cleanest set of 60-53 cards you’ll see this side of a Wednesday night prospect show. Drop the guy early, win everything, move on.
Cherneka Johnson bled Galle out of the fight with volume more than quality. Judges love noise. Panatta made Dubois work but got timed by the right hook that finally made the cards reflect the difference in hand speed.
Yokasta Valle did her usual trick — throw until the judges give up trying to separate quality from quantity. It’s not exciting, but it keeps belts warm.
Avious Griffin folded Justin Cardona late in the first. Nothing to analyse. Cardona hit the deck, stared upward, and that was your evening.
Keno Marley started the card with a simple points win that looked exactly like a debuting cruiser told to keep it tidy.
Joshua leaves with a clean stoppage, Paul leaves with his second loss, and Netflix leaves with something that looks convincing in replay clips. No surprises, no new truths — just a heavyweight doing what a heavyweight is supposed to do when the other guy’s best idea is survival.
Joshua didn’t even try hard until round three or four because he knew Jake ain’t got nothing dangerous to throw back at him.
All these people acting surprised but I seen this coming since they announced the match up. You can’t cheat experience and power 🥊.
It’s clear Jake Paul had no plan except looking busy so fans think he trying hard. But fake energy don’t win fights 😤.
He move around but do nothing. Joshua took his time and smashed him when it counted.
Right? Movement ain’t fighting if you never punch back! Real talk!
That ref did us all a favor ending it early cause I wasn’t gonna watch Jake fall down again and act like he tripped on air.
‘Falls that didn’t count’ is all you need to know about how weak Paul’s game really is 🤦
People acting like this was some big shock but it wasn’t! Joshua trained for years and Paul started boxing last week basically 🤷♀️
I don’t care what anyone says, Jake Paul don’t belong in there with real boxers. That whole fight looked fake like a movie scene 📽️.
Yeah, they should stop letting YouTubers box real athletes cause it makes the sport look dumb.
Jake Paul ain’t no real fighter. All he do is grab and fall down like he in drama class or something. If you can’t throw hands, don’t step in the ring 💯
Exactly! He came for a show not a fight. Joshua was working while Jake just danced around like he was scared to get hit.
Paul just trying to stay famous, not win fights. He don’t want none of that real heavyweight power.