The Anthony Joshua-Jake Paul weight disparity was absolutely massive

On Friday, December 19, 2025, professional boxers Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul faced each other in a high-intensity mach. Leading to the match, Anthony weight 27 pounds more than Joshua during their pre-match weigh-in. Although the difference seems staggering, with Anthony weighing 243.4 pounds and Jake weighing 216.4 pound, there have been wider gaps than this.

Ahead of Nikolai Valuev and David Haye's fight in 2009, Nikolai weighed 98 pounds heavier than David. However, Anthony really seemed to have outweighed Jake at Kaseya Center in Miami when he defeated his rival.

Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul's fight was streamed globally on Netflix

Friday night's fight between Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul was streamed on Netflix where almost 300 million subscribers watched the stream.

During the post-match press meet, Anthony had some words of advice for his opponent, saying that he needs to "work harder". However, Anthony also reflected on his own performance.

The winning boxer said, "No, I needed to do better. I needed to do better," Joshua said when asked if he thought this was a successful showing. "No. I needed to do better. No, it's a win, but it's not a success".

He added, "I think my coach expects more from me, and I expect more for myself. But what can we do? We can't reverse the clock. I have to move forward. I have to put that in the past now. After today, you may see a bit of social media trying to lap up all of the algorithm attention, but for me, it's in the past. I can't live off of that win. I've got a lot of improvement that I need to do, so yeah, I'm not happy".

However, Anthony was definitely the better fighter in the ring and outshone Jake in every aspect.

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