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YouTube prima Jake Paul volition measurement into the ringing with British heavyweight satellite champion Anthony Joshua successful a highly anticipated (and highly criticised) boxing event.
The lawsuit successful Florida marks the extremity of a 14-month hiatus for Joshua, 36, portion for 28-year-old Paul it volition beryllium the biggest and perchance astir unsafe combat since his boxing vocation began successful 2020.
Here's everything you request to know, from timings to who's connected the undercard and however to ticker it.
What clip is the Jake Paul v Anthony Joshua fight?
The lawsuit is taking spot connected Friday 19 December astatine the Kaseya Center successful Miami - but the clip quality means it volition beryllium aboriginal connected Saturday 20 December for viewers successful the UK.
It is owed to statesman astir 8pm section time, meaning for those successful the UK, the main lawsuit volition commencement astatine 1am.
Ringwalks for Paul and Joshua are scheduled for 10.30pm section time, which volition beryllium 3.30am successful the UK.
Once successful the ring, the combat volition dwell of 8 three-minute rounds.
Who's connected the undercard?
• Alycia Baumgardner v Leila Beaudoin - unified super-featherweight satellite championship
• Anderson Silva v Tyron Woodley - six-round cruiserweight
• Jahmal Harvey v Kevin Cervantes - six-round super-featherweight
Preliminary fights, which commencement from 4.45pm section clip and 9.45pm UK clip include:
• Cherneka Johnson v Amanda Galle - undisputed bantamweight championship
• Caroline Dubois v Camila Panatta - WBC lightweight satellite championship
• Yokasta Valle v Yadira Bustillos - WBC strawweight satellite championship
• Avious Griffin v Justin Cardona - welterweight
• Keno Marley v Diarra Davis Jr - cruiserweight
How to ticker it
The main lawsuit volition watercourse unrecorded connected Netflix with nary further acquisition oregon pay-per-view needed.
All that's required is simply a subscription to the streaming service.
How Paul and Joshua compare
What happened astatine weigh-in?
Joshua, Britain's two-time satellite heavyweight champion, volition boast an astir two-stone vantage implicit Paul, who has regularly fought astatine cruiserweight since helium entered the satellite of boxing.
At the authoritative weigh-in connected 18 December, Joshua came successful astatine 17st 5lbs (243.4lbs) to Paul's 15st 6lbs (216lbs) - a hefty 26.8lbs difference.
Joshua, who could not measurement much than 245Ibs, is the lightest helium has been since his archetypal combat against Oleksandr Usyk successful September 2021 erstwhile helium was 240lbs.
It is besides lone the 2nd clip that Paul has weighed successful implicit cruiserweight bounds - the different clip was erstwhile helium fought 58-year-old Mike Tyson.
"I'm going to outclass this kid, I'm conscionable going to outclass him," Joshua said astatine the lawsuit successful Miami, shrugging disconnected confrontation arsenic the brace raised their fists to each other.
"I'm a superior fighter, that's the difference, I'm a serious, superior fighter."
Paul yelled that helium was "dialled in" arsenic helium flexed his muscles connected stage. He said helium had told Joshua helium smelled fear.
"I spot thing successful his eyes, I genuinely do," helium said.
"The unit is connected him. I'm warring free, I've already won. This is simply a lose-lose concern for him."
Why has the combat been criticised?
Given Paul's 13-fight vocation consists chiefly of erstwhile UFC stars oregon faded boxing greats, this contention and Joshua's engagement has sparked a backlash successful the boxing world.
One of those to talk retired was Tyson Fury, the British erstwhile satellite champion who fans privation to instrumentality connected Joshua successful a heavyweight battle.
'It could beryllium his past time connected Earth'
In a station connected societal media Fury called Joshua a "classless loser" for agreeing to combat Paul.
"He's a 37-year-old astatine the extremity of his vocation warring a YouTuber, a Disney Channel feline who Tommy (Fury) beat," helium said.
"You are a classless loser coming disconnected a 15-month knockout decision to a section lad. Imagine if idiosyncratic from Morecambe knocked maine out."
Equally, Paul's vocation and past fights person been criticised, peculiarly his triumph implicit boxing seasoned Mike Tyson successful November past year.
Amid wide speculation the combat was rigged, Paul's promotions institution was forced to contented a statement, labelling rumours arsenic "incorrect and baseless".
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Does Paul truly basal a chance?
The likelihood astatine the clip of penning enactment Paul astatine astir a 10% accidental of winning, according to Oddschecker, with Joshua astatine an 88.9% accidental and 2.8% for a draw.
However, to hole for the showdown, Paul has been sparring with immoderate apical heavyweight contenders, including erstwhile satellite champion Lawrence Okolie.
Okolie, who has won satellite titles astatine cruiserweight and bridgerweight, admitted helium was amazed by Paul's boxing skills aft spending a grooming campy with him.
From November: Jake Paul's attraction 'angers radical successful boxing'
He told Sky Sports News: "He's mode amended present than erstwhile I archetypal saw him. Genuinely I was frightened for him erstwhile they said helium was going to combat AJ.
"If helium boxes however helium sparred, he's got a bully accidental of looking truly good.
"Jake is simply a batch amended than I thought. I deliberation he's got a precise bully boxing brain, bully application, and bully grit."
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