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‘I Have Beaten Anthony Joshua
The build-up to Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua has been full of heated debates and endless questions surrounding the YouTuber-turned-boxer and whether he can realistically trouble the former unified heavyweight champion.
It’s a match-up not a soul in the boxing world would have expected a few years ago, and yet, here we are, approaching a 19th of December showdown that has captured everyone’s attention for one very simple reason.
Joshua’s boxing CV speaks for itself. With 32 professional bouts and a host of world titles, Olympic medals, and knockouts, it’s understandable that the 6’6″ fighter is the clear favourite. But despite AJ’s dominance over the years, only three fighters on Earth can say they have beaten him cleanly in the ring.
Jake Paul Receives Advice From an Anthony Joshua Conqueror
Three men, three very different methods, but only one of them has produced the boxing blueprint that could actually apply to Jake. This blueprint brought us to an unlikely moment in Los Angeles.
While giving back at the New Village Girls Academy Turkey Drive, a cause close to him as families struggle through the SNAP/EBT crisis, one of the men that stood tall over Joshua was asked about the upcoming Paul vs AJ bout. What followed certainly wasn’t trash talk, a joke, or even criticism. It was real, genuine advice.
Advice from a man who shook the boxing world to its core in 2019 at Madison Square Garden. From the fighter who handed Joshua his first professional loss via TKO in the seventh round, in one of the greatest upsets across all sports. This advice, he believes, could give the YouTuber a real shot at doing the same.
At first, he kept it simple. He praised Paul’s dedication and insisted that people underestimate him. He suggested that fearlessness, as opposed to boxing technique, would be vital for Paul once the bell rings.
But on top of that, he revealed the real key to matching the upset. The thing Paul needs to do to transform what feels like a giant payday into a boxing shock.
What Andy Ruiz Jr Has Said About Paul vs Joshua
“Just get him with the right hand,” said Andy Ruiz Jr.
Ruiz didn’t dress it up. It wasn’t complicated.
“The right hand is what Jake Paul is looking for. If he lands, he can do good damage.”
Ruiz Jr, of all fighters, will know how difficult Joshua’s size, power, and reach are to manage in a sanctioned fight, but he will also know that Joshua has been rocked before, by fast and confident counter-blows. He knows that because he has executed them.
“He just has to be fearless.”
As simple as it sounds, coming from the man who toppled Joshua at the height of his career is the closest thing that Jake Paul has as a reference study to figure out a way to beat Joshua in the US.
If Jake Paul wants any hope of shocking the world, Ruiz Jr made it clear. One right hand.
