
Anthony Joshua's trainer questions suitability of proposed fight with Jake Paul
The next steps of Anthony Joshua’s career remain unknown, but the picture is evolving
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The next steps of Anthony Joshua’s career remain unknown, but the picture is evolving

For Jake Paul to gain a WBC title shot, the sanctioning body’s president Mauricio Sulaiman says the influencer-boxer must first defeat one of the organization’s top 15 ranked cruiserweights.

They're all queuing up to fight Oleksandr Usyk, with Tyson Fury even out running.

Loathe as Matchroom boss Eddie Hearn may have been to admit it, a possible rubber-necker of a spectacle – Anthony Joshua versus Jake Paul – "seems to be gaining momentum."

WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has confirmed that the respective teams for Badou Jack and Noel Mikaelyan have reached a deal to move forward with their ordered cruiserweight title fight rematch. A purse bid hearing previously scheduled for Tuesday was canceled, as a result of the development.

The WBC has ordered a rematch between Jack and Mikaelyan, and Mikaelyan's promoter says they refuse to delay that fight so that Jake Paul could get a shot.

Just 24 hours separate their respective New York bills this weekend, but Turki Alalshikh and Jake Paul have made time to put any perceived differences behind them

Chris Billam-Smith has been an interested spectator in recent weeks, with Jai Opetaia, Gilberto Ramirez and Badou Jack all coming through title defenses – but he is not in a hurry to fight.

“I’m coming for my belts,” Jai Opetaia tells Gilberto Ramirez just a week after Ramirez left the door open for Jake Paul.

In this week’s mailbag, we tackle your thoughts on Jake Paul, his victory over Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr and his future in the cruiserweight division; the recently announced fight between welterweight titleholder Brian Norman Jnr and Devin Haney; whether Gilberto Ramirez’s status as a unified titleholder reflects poorly on the talent pool at 200lbs; and just how shot or not Deontay Wilder is