Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua

Let's just get it out there.

Because we're all asking the same question

about Jake Paul versus Anthony Joshua.

What the hell is this guy thinking?

Well, hang on for a second. Which guy are you talking about?

-Who's the one taking the bigger risk? -

Is it the disruptive superstar…

Yes, sir!

…who started boxing just five years ago?

And is challenging a two-time heavyweight champ?

Or is it the Olympic gold medalist…

who's earned his rep as one of the best in his era…

The new world heavyweight champion.

…and agreed to take on a former YouTuber?

You could call Jake Paul audacious, call him ballsy, call him nuts,

but he's got everything to gain by fighting the biggest,

baddest man he's ever faced.

- -Why the fuck not?

-Like, anyone, anytime, anyplace. -

And I'm gonna win. That's the thing. Like, I'm going to win.

Anthony Joshua is taller, heavier, and way more experienced.

But he's laying it all on the line too, isn't he?

With everything to lose, his past, present, and maybe even his future.

I'm gonna inflict a lot of pain.

I'm training to win by any means. I'm training to hurt him.

Is Jake crazy

-or is he the man built for this moment? -

Is AJ loading up for knockout number 26,

or is he at risk of seriously underestimating his opponent?

Work! There you go!

Every question will be answered tonight as the world watches…

live.

We are live around the world in more than 190 countries

as Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions in association with Matchroom Boxing

proudly present Judgment Day. Coming to you from Miami, Florida,

we're at Kaseya Center tonight where the card is stacked

with four fascinating fights headlined by an entirely unexpected one

between disruptor Jake Paul

and two-time heavyweight world champ Anthony Joshua.

Before that, our co-main event features two women prepared to battle

under what are traditionally considered men's championship rules.

Alycia Baumgardner defends her unified super featherweight titles

against French-Canadian challenger Leila Beaudoin

over 12 three-minute rounds.

We've also got two of the most influential fighters

in MMA history on the card for you. They're gonna meet for the first time

in the boxing ring when Anderson Silva faces Tyron Woodley.

And 2024 U.S. Olympian Jahmal Harvey

takes on undefeated Colombian Kevin Cervantes in a clash

of young super featherweight. So, settle in everybody,

we're gonna steer you through what is sure to be a fantastic night of fights

-live worldwide right here on Netflix. -

Very warm welcome everybody inside Miami's Kaseya Center.

This is the home of the Heat,

and we've got some fire for you tonight. My name's Kate Scott.

-I am surrounded by boxing royalty. -

Three Hall of Famers with me tonight. The former Super Middleweight

and light heavyweight title holder, Laila Ali.

The former Super Middleweight and light heavyweight champion,

Olympic gold medalist, Andre Ward.

And the former undisputed heavyweight champion…

-Yeah. -…of the world, Lennox Lewis.

Good to see you all, good to be here with you all here tonight.

Let's talk about this main event. Obviously, this is a fight that I think

none of us expected to ever be hosting, but here we are,

it's happening, it's real, everybody. Initial reaction, what was it Laila?

Absolutely crazy, but I do feel it is a defining moment

for both of these guys.

I liked it, Jake has been asking for this fight, and tonight, he got it.

- -Me, I said,

"What, for real, is it for real?"

I didn't know if it was for real or not, I didn't believe it.

For real, this is a very bad idea for you, Jake, or what kind of for real?

For real, it's a bad idea for Jake, because he's really bitten off

a big lump right now, and his name's Ant-- Anthony Joshua.

It's-- I mean, it's a real fight, right?

ten-ounce gloves, is this reckless of Jake, do you think?

Yeah, it's the lane that he's created.

This is what he is, and this is what he does.

I don't feel he has any business

being in the ring with Anthony Joshua, okay?

I mean, I like what Jake's doing. I respect that he's been working so hard.

I see a lot of improvement, and I do consider him a real boxer

even though some people don't, I do.

But honey, not with Anthony Joshua, come on now.

There's levels, right? Uh, well, Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul,

we do know are two very different fighters with very different resumes.

We can show you just how different. Take a look at this.

Anthony Joshua has over a decade more experience in the game.

Uh, he's been in 13 title fights, Jake meanwhile has been in zero.

Anthony Joshua's fought some of the best heavyweights of his era,

and every champion or former champion that Joshua fought was in his prime

or very close to it. That is not at all the case for Jake Paul,

who faced Mike Tyson when he was 58 years old,

and then Chávez Jr. when he was a good decade past his best.

That gulf in class and experience in size as well,

let's not even talk about that, but what that means is

-Anthony Joshua has to dominate, Lennox. -He has to dominate.

He has to go in there and basically do what he wants to do

because he's the expert in there. He's the-- He's the pride of the bunch.

So, when he goes in there, he can basically take his time

and knock him out when he wants to because that's what's--

-That's what's gonna happen. -Regardless of the size of the paycheck,

it still takes a lot of balls to get into the ring with a heavyweight

when you're not a heavyweight.

How much do you respect Jake Paul for taking the fight?

I respect him for taking the fight.

And, you know, this is a fight where a lot of people,

he's built a lot of his reputation on people wanting to see him lose.

And that's why they're gonna tune in tonight because they think,

"Okay, tonight's the night."

He's facing a real guy, former heavyweight champion.

And I'm excited to see how… how it turns out

because Anthony Joshua has a lot of pressure on him tonight too.

It feels like the narrative around Jake Paul as well has been,

we wanna see him take on a real challenge.

Now, he takes on a real challenge and we're all like,

"Oh, Lord, are you sure?"

-Is this-- -That's too much.

Yeah.

Weight class is for a reason, right? And boxing is a very dangerous sport.

But I think that he calls himself delusional, right?

Optimistic… He made up a whole new word for himself, but he's just crazy.

That's what it is, just plain old crazy.

But yeah, I think that Anthony Joshua needs to come in there, establish his jab,

just start landing that right hand because us in the boxing community,

we're just kind of like, "Um, you have no business not knocking Jake Paul out."

Right. Uh, well, we four,

we're all gonna be with you all night long,

but so too is our good friend, Sibley Scoles. Let's go find out

where she is and what she expects to have for us tonight. Sibley.

Thanks so much, Kate.

The energy is building up here inside Kaseya Center.

There's so much going on, I almost fell over.

Listen, the week has been action-packed from the press conference,

the open workouts, and, of course, all that talk at face-off.

But now, as you'll hear throughout the broadcast,

this is Judgment Day, and I will be ringside

talking to all the celebs in attendance, getting interviews,

their predictions on what's gonna go down on that main card.

This is Jake versus Joshua, a lot on the line.

-Ariel, how insane is this? -Well, Sibley, as you know,

it was six years ago in this very city that a young man

named Jake Paul made his pro boxing debut

against a fellow YouTuber named AnEsonGib. At that exact moment in time,

Anthony Joshua was the unified heavyweight champion of the world.

Imagine telling someone back then that these two would meet

in a pro heavyweight bout just a few years later.

Actually, imagine telling someone about this six months ago.

That's how improbable all of this is.

But don't you dare tell Jake Paul that a win tonight is impossible.

He is steadfast in his belief that he is going to pull off

what he describes as the greatest upset in sports history.

Well, we are just a few hours away now from finding out

if that delusional optimism is going to be turned into a reality

for the man they call "the problem child." Kate.

Yep, thank you, Ariel.

We are just getting started for you here in Miami.

We got so much more still to come for you.

The countdown is now underway to the first of our four fights tonight.

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I'm Kate Scott, Laila Ali, Andre Ward, Lennox Lewis.

It is fair to say that none of us saw this fight coming

until it was actually signed, it was actually announced.

Uh, and a look at the timeline of the two fighters' careers

will tell you just why we didn't expect this fight to happen.

Anthony Joshua, you'll remember, is an Olympic gold medalist.

Won the London Games, that was in 2012.

One year later, 16-year-old Jake Paul began making Vine videos

with his brother Logan, hitting two billion views.

That same year AJ began his professional boxing career.

By 2016, Jake was a Disney TV star.

By 2017, AJ was the unified heavyweight champion of the world.

On his 20th birthday, Jake Paul founded a media company

with a million dollars in funding. Not bad. Shortly after his 30th,

Anthony Joshua regained the heavyweight titles

that he had lost earlier in 2019.

He became a two-time heavyweight champion of the world.

Jake Paul's first pro fight came in 2020. That was right here in Miami.

In 2021, Joshua relinquished his titles to pound-for-pound number one,

Oleksandr Usyk, and in that same year,

Jake co-founded Most Valuable Promotions, signaling his real commitment

to this sport of boxing, and that all has led us to tonight

and one of the most unexpected matchups that the sport has ever seen.

What that means is if you are Jake Paul,

you better have a good game plan coming into this one.

-Lennox, what does that need to look like? -Well, he needs to move.

That's for one thing. If he stays in one spot,

he's gonna get hurt. So, I believe he's gonna be moving around

until the appointed time where Anthony Joshua commits to a punch.

And then Jake is gonna throw some punches.

But I don't see him really hurting Anthony Joshua.

So, we're gonna have to see.

We've seen him hurt other people, though, right?

We've seen him hurt Nate Robinson, Tyron Woodley.

He has got some… some punch power there. He's got some heavy hands.

-How does he land them? -With the right hand,