Eddie Hearn discusses potential Anthony Joshua vs Jake Paul fight

Oleksandr Usyk precocious erstwhile again confirmed his presumption arsenic the apical heavyweight of today. He defeated Daniel Dubois successful their rematch, this clip by knockout successful the 5th round, which showed his implicit dominance. Usyk frankincense became a two-time implicit heavyweight champion, and galore judge that helium presently has nary equal.

However, the public's attraction was attracted by an antithetic thought – a imaginable lucifer betwixt Usyk and the fashionable YouTube combatant Jake Paul. This absorbing anticipation was besides commented connected by Eddie Hearn, the well-known promoter of Anthony Joshua, who believes that specified a lucifer could beryllium achievable and highly profitable.

Hearn told "The Stomping Ground" of his speech with Joshua aft the Dubois fight: "Yeah, I talked to 'AJ.' I texted him and said, one, Usyk is amazing, and two, we truly should person beaten Dubois, and helium said, 'I know.'"

Jake Paul arsenic an enactment for Joshua

The promoter besides expressed his sentiment connected Joshua's adjacent opponent: "I deliberation astatine the moment, frankly, successful this bizarre satellite wherever we conscionable saw Jake Paul look Oleksandr Usyk, really... what's going on? The fig 1 pound-for-pound combatant is facing Jake Paul."

He added: "But it sounds similar AJ volition combat Jake Paul, if he's superior and truly wants the fight. It's casual to accidental 'he's got a anemic chin and I'm going to sound him out,' but if helium truly means what he's saying, the combat volition happen."

Hearn besides stressed the fiscal imaginable of specified a fight: "If they truly privation that fight, we tin enactment it connected and it would marque the biggest wealth successful the sport. Forget Canelo vs. Crawford, it's obscurity adjacent 'AJ' vs. Jake Paul."

He ended by saying, “If you privation the biggest numbers successful sports, we volition bash it, but please, beryllium cautious what you privation for. This is not a game, this is physically dangerous. So if you privation it, beryllium prepared, but the combat volition happen.”