
Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua was formally announced at a kickoff press conference in Miami on Friday and even though you knew it was happening and you knew this was coming, it still felt surreal. Paul, the former Disney star, whose boxing résumé is a hodgepodge of YouTubers, mixed martial artists and grandfathers, against Joshua, the faded but still formidable former heavyweight champion who made it clear he wasn’t coming to screw around.
“I’m going to break his face,” said Joshua, who will face Paul on Dec. 19 in Miami, airing on Netflix.