LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anthony Joshua is poised to relinquish a considerable share of his earnings after his knockout triumph over Jake Paul. Joshua sent Paul to the canvas in the sixth round of their heavyweight showdown at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida on Friday.
Despite emerging victorious from the highly-anticipated encounter, the 36 year old conceded he could have delivered a stronger performance against the YouTuber-turned-pugilist.
In an interview with talkSPORT, Joshua responded: “I deserve it,” when questioned about potential criticism for letting Paul survive six rounds. He continued: “Because we are elite fighters, if I put myself in the shoes of a coach, if my fighter did six rounds with Jake Paul. I would get him back in the gym tomorrow, give him a bit of a beating and get straight back to work. I’d be like, ‘How are you letting this kid take you six rounds? Are you crazy?'”.
“But I can’t go back in time, but credit to him, he done well. I told him what would happen but it just took six rounds to do it.”
Notwithstanding Joshua’s self-critique, the two-time unified heavyweight champion has much to be pleased about after pocketing a sizeable sum. Reports indicate that he and Paul divided a prize pot valued at roughly £137million equally between them, reports the Express.
Referee Christopher Young formally called a halt to proceedings at 1:31 of the sixth round, meaning Paul (12-2) and Joshua (29-4, 26 KOs) competed for a combined duration of 989 seconds. According to reports indicating each fighter earned £68.5m from the fight, the British boxer consequently made roughly £69k per second, or £4.1m per minute, whilst inside the ring.
Manchester Evening News
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