Many who work in the boxing industry will surely tell you similar stories about the weeks since Jake Paul’s bewildering fight with Anthony Joshua was announced. It has been a frequent occurrence, getting peppered with questions like probing punches on a boxer against the ropes; you barely get through answering one – or giving your best effort at answering it – before the same voice or another interrupts with a fresh query. One of the most commonly-recurring questions in all this, of course, is the following: can Paul actually beat Joshua? Can this YouTuber-turned-boxer actually knock out a former two-time world heavyweight champion?
There is an argument for simply saying ‘no’ – for simply writing ‘no’ and hitting publish. But the reality is that the questions and debates around Paul vs Joshua may end up being the funnest part of the fight. And there are certain factors that arguably make this particular debate one worth having. So, let’s get into it.
