Comments Thread For: Report that Anthony Joshua is choosing between Jake Paul and Tony Yoka

[drablj]

fight joyce or zhang if you want someone easier. that's in my opinion. but in their eyes it's like when half blind sam langford offered to fight jack dempsey. "sam, we thought about something easier".

[Coverdale]

AJ - Paul is such a monumental mismatch I would be sceptical about anything other than a glorified sparring session being signed, where AJ is expected to hold back. A full fight ends in the first minute.

[JakeTheBoxer]

The Yoka fight is risky with no reward. Why not fight Wilder - make more money and win easy?

Yoka is no risk. Wilder has only lost on world level. Yoka has 3 losses already , he lost even to ancient Takam.

[Smash]

AJ getting outboxed and KO'ed, his chin and brain are saying Eddie, I I have one foot out the door, I understand says Eddie

[Willow The Wisp]

I admire his commitment to the sport and his success in self promotion. But Jake Paul has no chance against Joshua, Wilder, Fury, Yoka, Usyk, Joyce, Zhang or any other legitimate professional mentioned in this thread.
That fight, while lucrative; would clown up the legacy of whoever takes that mismatch.


Yoka is a fighter who is all potential and limited result. He has great skills and solid tools and while he was looking good, he looked like a future contender. I don’t have a lot of faith in his fighting spirit; but if he comes in with his head on straight; he beats Joshua; because he's got better skills.


Wilder is a 40 year old with 49 fights, almost a quarter of them at world class level. He doesn't have much left.
But Joshua & company spent years avoiding him, for the obvious reason that one shot by Wilder ends it.
It wouldn't take two.

I dont believe that a 2025-26 Wilder has it in him to land two on Joshua at all. But one would be enough. Joshua will retire without ever having fought Wilder. This, has never been in doubt.

[NotIron]

I would LOVE to see AJ-Jake Paul.

As long as AJ actually just sparks him in the first round.

[STREET CLEANER]

AJ on paper would easily beat Paul and should take care of Yoka.

[Smash]

tony yokas boxrec is not impressive he seems to have fallen off a cliff, why would he even be considered an opponent

[brankobugarski]

We have to remember that Jake Paul lost to Tommy Fury who cannot box to save his life and his only claim to fame is a stint on Love Island. Jake Paul is not fighting Joshua. He is not ******.

[ShoulderRoll]

Meh.

But he has been off for a long while so I suppose a tuneup is acceptable.