Nov 19, 2025
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Boxing expert Steve Pons says Anthony Joshua has been offered "An Offer He Can't Refuse" Against Jake.
Joshua just offered, he couldn't refuse - Bunce
Industry specialist study said Anthony Joshua was recommended.
Britain's Joshua, a former two-time heavyweight champion, will face YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul at the Kaseya Center in Miami on December 19.
The fight will consist of eight three-minute rounds and both fighters will wear regulation 10-ounce gloves.
Joshua, 36, weighed over 250 pounds during his previous three fights, but must be under 245 pounds to compete in this one.
Bunce said the fight was "ridiculous" and that American Paul, 28, was "inexperienced".
"Jake in the past Jake Paus Jake Paul was fighting Mike Tyson and it almost broke the world," he told Radio 5.
"They've got silly stuff like 300 million people watching on other channels and getting paid like a dollar.
"And that's why this fight happened, let's get ready. AJ was made an offer he couldn't refuse, and he accepted it."
“I will not deny a single man or woman to professionally send a pound, a penny, a penny, a penny, to any war.
"If AJ is being paid as handsomely as we're told, bear in mind he does a lot of work for the community with his foundation, if it spreads the love around and absolutely loads up his pockets, I've no problem with it."
Bunce said Joshua was “still in talks” to fight fellow Briton Tyson Fury and the Paul fight would be “one of the last paydays” for the 2012 Olympic champion despite the clear differences.
"Aj will be in the hand a maximum or a lot a lot or a lot of it to be a lot of fractions. This is the memory
"Jake Paul is a great rookie. He's a great rookie in the weight class below (cruiseweight). He is. A rookie. But he's a rookie causing these ridiculous fights."
Nakisa bidarian, co-founder of most valuable promotions and Paul manager, said he had no concerned about the action due to safety concerns.
“I don't think it was reckless in any way shape or form.
"Jake is in better shape than most normal fights in boxing. I think he's got a great shot.
"AJ is strong, strong, but slowly. It was a little of the jaka. In my mind that is injured than sports."
But former British high school student Nick Blackwell, who had to retire from boxing after a 2016suffered a brain injury against Chris Eubank Jr., said he didn't agree to the fight because he thought it was "so dangerous."
He has told this news news is "want someone to go to the things I go between" and the Jisis means to do whatever he wants to do ".
Although he privately protested but he understood the global appeal the cause would bring.
"He will make a lot of money from it and everyone will want to see it," he added.
"It's entertainment for everyone. It's a big stage for both of them. But I don't agree with it. And the whole boxing world doesn't approve of it."
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Bunce acknowledged that there is a recent history of fights of this nature, citing UFC champion Francis Ngannou's fights against Tyson Fury and Joshua as examples.
The anger took a toll on the spread of the election in October 2023 before Joshua took over in 2024.
"Tyson Fury traveled to Saudi Arabia and raised an absolute fortune to fight Ngannou, who was 6ft 7in and 20 stone," Bunce said.
“Gannu was steadfast and unshakable.He vented his anger and hit him, and the people created the most scandalous sport.
"What happened, beautifully, a few months later was AJ got in with him [Ngannou], looked him up down, walked out then promptly knocked 10 bells out of him and sparked him out unconscious in the second round."
Bunce says there's a big difference between how Joshua fights someone of Ngannou's physical stature and Paul.
He added: "He's more like Jake Paul in the sense that Ngannou is five inches taller than Paul and five and a half kilos heavier and has, quote, 'the biggest chin in all of fighting sports.'
"He stood out in the second round, so God knows what will happen to Jake Paul after the first bell. But don't tell me you won't be watching. Of course you will!"
However, Paul's propaganda, Hindaria, insists on Bozillat's desires and becomes a window into the definition of a warrior.
He said: "For Jake Paul, it's a chance to show how far he's come. For Anthony Joshua, it's a chance to end the Jake Paul train, but also a big risk for him if he doesn't perform as well as people expect him to.
"I commend him for not getting caught up in the 'You shouldn't be there with Jake Paul.'
Does this seem like a fitting end to Joshua's career?
At the age of 36 - and with his powers seemingly on the wane - Joshua's decision to fight Paul was a less than ideal way to see out the twilight of his career, according to Bunce.
"If I put on my purist hat, the hat of a guy who covered schoolboy boxing, covered AJ when he was just 18 and every level of boxing, it's definitely not dignified," he said.
"Would I have wanted to see him with Fury five years ago? Of course I would have, but it didn't happen then, and even then the fight would have been too late."
Bidrian predicted the Paul fight would be "the biggest combat sports event of 2025" and called it the "biggest fight" of Joshua's career.
He said: “Coming out and seeing the landscape is scary.”
It was just like the biggest fight of Mike Tyson's career against Jake Paul.The most people who watched Mike Tyson fight in his entire career was against Jake Paul.
Bunce joked that at least Joshua's fight with Paul still holds at least some credibility considering the boxers have gone deeper at times.
"It could be bad," he added.
"Churner told me that if the bear got to the point of the second shot:
Sometimes you just can't make a game."
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