Jake Paul shows his true colors with Anthony | Boxing News
Anthony Joshua defeated Jake Paul by way of a sixth-round knockout at the Kaseya Center in Miami on Dec. 19 in his first fight in over a yr.
Days later, Joshua was concerned in a deadly automotive crash in Nigeria, the place two of his shut pals and team members, Sina Ghami and Latif “Latz” Ayodele, died.
Paul had beforehand provided his condolences concerning the incident, and the American boxer posted on Friday morning in solidarity as soon as more while recapping the fight as a complete. “33M viewers tuned on Netflix to watch boxing,” Paul’s tweet began.
“The event was #1 in 45 countries. This night was only made possible by the hard work of many, including Team Joshua. This video is dedicated to the memory [of] Sina and Latz. Rest in peace.”
Joshua was driving a Lexus SUV on an expressway in Ogun State last Monday. The automotive collided with a truck close to Lagos and killed the two passengers.
“Anthony and his mom have been at the funeral house in Lagos this afternoon to pay their final respects to his two departed pals as they have been being ready for repatriation scheduled for later this night,” Lagos state commissioner for information and strategy Gbenga Omotoso said on Thursday.
The loss sends Paul out of the cruiserweight rankings after he entered them over the summer. He suffered multiple knockdowns against Joshua but managed to last six rounds.
Joshua seemed unbothered most of the night but still praised Paul after the bout (the pair exchanged malicious verbal barbs before the fight).
“So, I want that I might have knocked him out at the start, however as we noticed tonight,” Joshua said. “Jake has spirit. He has some coronary heart.”
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“He tried his best, and I take my hat off to him because, primary, loads of fighters have not obtained in the ring with me, and Jake did. And secondly, even when he obtained knocked down, he saved on making an attempt to rise up and I take my hat off to him.”
“Jake Paul, who has been boxing now for 5 or so years at an elite level, the quantity of strain that’s been placed on his shoulders and he is lived as much as that strain.”
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