Jake Paul walked into the ring as a YouTuber-turned-boxer to fight Anthony Joshua. Joshua is an Olympic gold medalist heavyweight boxer who has won every title there is in his weight class and has only lost four times in his 18-year career. All the boxing enthusiasts thought there was only one way this was going to go. Except Paul.
In the end, it turns out everyone was right — including Paul’s jaw, which was almost punched out of his skull by a right hook from Joshua for a finishing knockout. The entire six rounds were an exercise in inevitability, with Paul doing his best to hop around the ring, trying to procrastinate the inevitable for as long as he could. The bout was showcased on the ever-growing Netflix, so more people were tuned in than usual. Even people who know nothing about boxing were on X expressing how much Paul looked out of his depth.
