Anthony Joshua violently knocks out Jake Paul, before setting sights on Tyson Fury mega fight

Anthony Joshua warned Jake Paul that he’s “gonna get f—ed up” and then made good on that promise Friday night, though it took much longer than many expected.

Joshua knocked Paul down four times, including the pulverizing right hand, which resulted in AJ's punctuating sixth-round knockout victory at Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, and live on Netflix. Paul told Ariel Helwani on Netflix afterwards, "I think my jaw is broken."

“He came up against a real fighter tonight that’s had a 15-month layoff,” Joshua told Helwani. “We shook off the cobwebs, and I can’t wait to roll into 2026.”

That’s when the former two-time unified heavyweight world champion called out another former champ in Tyson Fury, for what would be a mega bout for the New Year.

“If Tyson Fury is as serious as he thinks he is and he wants to put down his Twitter fingers and put on some gloves,” Joshua said, “and come and fight one of the realest fighters out there that will take on any challenge, step in the ring with me next.”

Joshua said the words with bravado, though Friday night started out frustrating as he stalked Paul around the ring, whiffing air with big swings and misses over the first three rounds.

During the fourth round, Paul repeatedly tumbled to the canvas in response to Joshua closing the gap between them, further drawing the ire of the British heavyweight.

AJ finally got to Paul in the fifth round, dropping him with a right-left combination. Moments later, Joshua made Paul taste the canvas again.

Knowing Paul was reeling, physically beaten, Joshua stalked some more and dropped ‘The Problem Child’ in the sixth, before putting the final touches on the violent knockout with a rifling right hand that gave Paul his first KO loss in boxing.