The fight is taking place in the USA on the evening of Friday 19 December, 2025, which will be in the early hours of Saturday morning on the UK.
The fight is taking place at Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida.
The fight card
Anthony Joshua vs Jake Paul – Heavyweight, 8 rounds
Alycia Baumgardner vs Leila Beaudoin – Super‑featherweight (IBF, WBA & WBO titles), 12 rounds
Anderson Silva vs Tyron Woodley – Cruiserweight, 6 rounds
Cherneka Johnson vs Amanda Galle – Bantamweight (undisputed world title), 10 rounds
Caroline Dubois vs Camilla Panatta – Lightweight (WBC title), 10 rounds
Yokasta Valle vs Yadira Bustillos – Strawweight (WBC title), 10 rounds
Avious Griffin vs Justin Cardona – Welterweight, 10 rounds
Keno Marley vs Diarra Davis Jr. – Cruiserweight, 4 rounds.
The ring walks are expected to take place at around 3:30am (UK time) on the morning of Saturday 20th December, 2025. In USA, this equates to 10:30pm on Friday evening. As is often the case with big fights, these expected start times are not an exact science!
Anthony Joshua was planning on taking some time out of the ring and not fight in 2025 but the lure of a major payday for a relatively low risk has tempted the former heavyweight champion back into the ring sooner than expected.
With talk of an all-British fight with Tyson Fury in 2025, Joshua can ill-afford to lose here but it is hard to see how that happens against Jake Paul.
For all the talk of Paul’s fights being scripted or staged, the youtuber has developed into a reasonable fighter.
That said, he has no right to enter the ring with Joshua and there surely has to be some kind of clause in this fight to ensure Joshua does not obliterate him.
There is every chance this is scripted in some shape or form and that a safe win for Joshua is on the cards. Paul will surely be afforded the luxury of not being knocked out but there is no chance Joshua will lose this bout. With that in mind, there may well be some value on Joshua to win by points.
