Anthony Joshua lightest since 2021 for Jake Paul fight, Netflix main event set
Dec 18, 2025
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MIAMI BEACH — It’s officially all systems go for Anthony Joshua vs. Jake Paul. Joshua and Paul both took to the scale Thursday at noon ET at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach for their eight-round heavyweight clash on Netflix at Kaseya Center in Miami.
MIAMI — It’s officially all systems go for Anthony Joshua vs. Jake Paul.
Joshua and Paul both took to the scale Thursday at noon ET at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach for their eight-round heavyweight clash on Netflix at Kaseya Center in Miami. Joshua couldn’t weigh more than 245 pounds for the bout, and he came in at 243.4 pounds, the lightest he's been since September 2021 when he fought Oleksandr Usyk for the first time.
Paul weighed 216.6 pounds, the second heaviest of his career.
Joshua stepped on the scales around 45 minutes after Paul did.
Their fight will take place in a slightly bigger ring, at 22-by-22-feet compared to a standard 20-by-20-foot ring. Both fighters will wear 10-ounce gloves, which is standard for a sanctioned heavyweight fight.
Here are the all the weights for Friday's card:
Heavyweight, 8 rounds
Junior lightweight Ring/IBF/WBA/WBO unification title bout, 12x3-minute rounds
Cruiserweight, 6 rounds
Junior lightweight, 6 rounds
*Cervantes originally missed weight by 0.6 pounds and made it within the hour.
Prelims
Undisputed bantamweight title bout, 10 rounds
WBC lightweight title bout, 10 rounds
WBC strawweight title bout, 10 rounds
Welterweight, 8 rounds
Cruiserweight, 4 rounds
Analysis
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