Anthony Joshua admits he needed time to decide if he wanted to carry on boxing after his knockout defeat to Daniel Dubois in 2024. The answer? He does.The two-time heavyweight world champion marked his return to the ring with a sixth-round knockout victory over YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in Miami on Friday night.
Joshua immediately followed up the win by reiterating his desire to fight Tyson Fury in a long-awaited all-British showdown.
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Anthony Joshua calls for a blockbuster clash with Tyson Fury after his win over Jake Paul. Jake vs Joshua is now available to watch globally only on Netflix
“I had a tough defeat in 2024 and I just want to pick up and move forward again,” said Joshua. “So yeah, I’m glad that I got back in the ring and I figured out that this is where I want to be.”It was a real test for me to figure out if I still want to continue or not, and this was a good eye-opener that this is where I want to be, that I want to get back in the ring and go again.”
Joshua’s return was unorthodox, a bout between him and Paul emerging as one of the most controversial in the era of crossover clashes.
Nonetheless, Paul barely laid a glove on the former Olympic champion before suffering a double jaw-break from Joshua’s devastating finish.
“I needed to do better. I needed to do better,” said Joshua after the fight. “Yeah, it’s a win, but it’s not a success. I think my coach expects more from me, and I expect more from myself.”But what can we do? We can’t reverse the clocks. I have to move forward. I have to put that in the past now.”After today, you may see a bit of social media trying to lap up all of the algorithm attention, but for me, it’s in the past. I can’t live off of that win. I’ve got a lot of improvement I need to do. So, yeah, I’m not happy.”
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2025-12-21 07:00:00
