Overview
- The eight-round professional heavyweight bout at Miami’s Kaseya Center will be contested with 10‑ounce gloves and a 245‑pound cap for Joshua, and will stream live on Netflix.
- Their first face-off emphasized a pronounced size gap, with Joshua standing 6'6" and Paul 6'1", fueling fresh scrutiny over competitiveness and fighter safety.
- Paul predicted a fourth- or fifth-round knockout, said he is “ready to die” to win, and outlined a plan to use speed, movement and angles to avoid Joshua’s power.
- Joshua pledged to take Paul seriously, said he intends to “break him up,” and confirmed he has left Ben Davison’s setup to work with members of Oleksandr Usyk’s team in Spain.
- Promoters say the fight is fully sanctioned and will count on both records, with a crossover undercard featuring Anderson Silva vs. Tyron Woodley and a title defense for Alycia Baumgardner against Leila Beaudoin.