“ANTHONY JOSHUA is used to fighting for titles but instead gets in the ring to avoid embarrassment against Jake Paul. A whopping £200m prize pot has convinced AJ to do battle with the influencer-turned boxer. Sign up for the Boxing newsletter Thank you! Anthony Joshua is a former heavyweight champion who has lost just four”, — write: www.thesun.co.uk
A whopping £200m prize pot has convinced AJ to do battle with the influencer-turned boxer.
Thank you!
Anthony Joshua is a former heavyweight champion who has lost just four times in his careerCredit: AFP Paul is a major step down in terms of opponent quality for the British star, who is used to facing the best in the world rather than an influencer.
What is Anthony Joshua’s boxing record? Joshua has had 32 fights as a professional ahead of his bout with Paul.
He has won 28 of them, 25 via knockout. AJ has been on the end of four losses and two via knockout.
A win over Wladimir Klitschko in 2017 saw him walk away as the WBA (Super), IBF, and IBO heavyweight champion.
And he followed it with wins over the likes of Joseph Parker and Alexander Povetkin.
In 2024, he brutally KO’d Francis Ngannou to end the UFC legend’s spell as a boxer.
Who has Anthony Joshua lost to? The Brit’s first career loss came against Andy Ruiz Jr back in June 2019.
It came as a huge shock to the world of boxing as nobody gave Ruiz Jr a chance going into the fight.
Joshua was put on the floor four times by the Mexican before the fight was stopped in the seventh round.
AJ got revenge on him in their rematch later that year.
Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz Jr 1Credit: GETTY Oleksandr Usyk was the Brit’s next nemesis as Ukrainian beat him via unanimous decision at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium back in September 2021.
Joshua was out for revenge when they met the following year in Saudi Arabia, but Usyk got the win again by split decision.
The former Olympic gold medallist lost his last fight to fellow Daniel Dubois, getting KO’d in the fifth round at Wembley Stadium in September 2024.
What world title belts has Anthony Joshua held? Joshua first became a world champion back in 2016, when he won the IBF title from Charles Martin.
The Watford-born star then added the vacant WBA and IBO titles to his collection when he knocked out Klitschko in 2017.
AJ then picked up the WBO world title from Parker in 2018, beating the New Zealander in a cagey affair in Cardiff.
Joshua lost all four belts to Ruiz Jr and was stopped by the Mexican in the process before winning them back on points last December.
AJ has currently no belts to his name following his two successive defeats to Oleksandr Usyk and having lost to Dubois for IBF strap.
A true Christmas miracle!