Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua have reportedly had a very hefty payday following their fight on Friday evening (December 19).
The pair went head-to-head at the Kaseya Center in Miami on Friday, with Joshua claiming victory over the YouTuber-turned-boxer.
The duo went for six, three-minute rounds before Joshua finally secured the win, with Paul knocked out after suffering multiple knockdowns.
Following the match, Paul ended up with a 'double broken jaw', sharing an X-ray photo on X hours later.
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Meanwhile, despite his victory, Joshua described the match as 'not his best' performance.
"It wasn’t the best performance. It wasn’t the best," he said. "The end goal was to get Jake Paul, pin him down and hurt him. That has been the request leading up. That was on my mind.
"It took a bit longer than expected, but the right hand finally found the destination. Jake Paul – he’s done really well tonight. I want to give him his props.
"He got up time and time again. It takes a real man to do that."
Despite this, the pair are said to have made plenty of money from the fight.
Although the amount has not been confirmed and verified from both parties, initial reports suggested the pair would split a pot of around $186 million.
However, Paul recently tweeted to say the amount was much more, writing on X: "Stop asking me. $267 Million."
This would mean the pair would be getting over $130 million each. Not bad, eh?
Many critics were left surprised Paul managed to last six rounds against Joshua, though Paul insisted he could have carried on if he had 'better cardio'.
"I’m not surprised, I just got tired," he said.
"It was just so much handling his weight. If I had better cardio I could have maybe kept on fighting. But he did amazing and he hits really hard."
Following the match, Joshua took the opportunity to call out Tyson Fury, telling Netflix: "I can't wait to go into 2026. If Tyson Fury is as serious as he thinks he is, and he wants to put down his Twitter fingers and put on his gloves, and come and fight one of the realest fighters out, there then I'll take on the challenge.
"Step in the ring with me next if you're a real bad boy.
"Don't do all that talking, 'AJ is this, AJ is that', let's see you in the ring and talk with your fists."
Topics: Jake Paul, Anthony Joshua, Sport, News
Lucy Devine