Anthony Joshua vs Jake Paul has been teased to take place in 2026 – but we’ve already seen the outcome.
Joshua is a two-time heavyweight world champion who has achieved it all in the sport, but has yet to pencil in his next fight after losing to Daniel Dubois.
After beating heavyweight icon Mike Tyson in a huge event, YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul is after more big names.
He called out Joshua to a surprising clash, which would likely be a mega commercial event.
Paul insisted he could beat the hard-hitting Briton, despite his limited experience which would make him a huge underdog.
The pair then jumped on a phone call and hashed out a surprising plan for a fight, which they teased could take place next year.
But classic video game EA Sports Fight Night has already solved the outcome if the pair were to touch gloves.
Joshua stepped in carrying a huge size advantage over Paul, who stands five inches smaller.
And it was clear from the opening bell, as expected if the pair do meet, that Joshua was in control.
He used his size from the opening round and Paul was unable to close the distance at all.
The British powerhouse continued his domination through the second round before finding his breakthrough in the third period.
With 15 seconds of the stanza remaining, in a quite realistic outcome, Joshua detonated the trademark uppercut but with his left hand.
It crushed easily through the guard and dropped Paul flat on to his back.
Luckily he was able to climb to his feet and survive, despite likely never having felt that level of power before.
Unfortunately for Paul the onslaught continued, and in the sixth round Joshua dropped him again.
It was a body shot this time, which surprisingly appeared to hit his arm, but he collapsed to the canvas again.
He showed a quite remarkable level of ability to climb off the canvas, and it is unclear if he could do so in real life.
Paul was only in there matter of seconds as Joshua unloaded a huge right hook which sent Paul out cold.
He crashed to the canvas motionless and the referee counted before seeing that the fight was stopped.
Joshua celebrated wildly, perhaps too much so given their skill gap, but it was an easy win.
That is likely how many of the boxing fraternity would expect proceedings to pan out.
The former champion will be hugely confident of beating Paul, and if this outcome doesn’t unfold, it could be the biggest upset in boxing history.
