Jake Paul thinks he did better against Anthony Joshua than advertised.
Paul was knocked down four times in a Round 6 TKO loss to Joshua this past Friday at Kaseya Center in Miami. Prior to getting dropped in Round 5, Paul thinks the fight was even on the scorecards.
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“I won two rounds, then he won two, then I got dropped,” Paul said on “Impaulsive.” “But I was doing good. My cardio, just the mental pressure of the big guy, and sparring the big people, is different than the 10-ounce gloves, so I was feeling his power a lot more. It was a great experience. I learned a lot in there.”
“The Problem Child” required four metal plates to repair his broken jaw suffered in the fight. He says his cardio failed him, which led to eventually getting stopped.
“I wish I had more than three weeks to prepare, to put on some more muscle to be able to sit there and hit him,” Paul said. “And I should have gone to altitude to train. That was my biggest mistake. I felt good about (camp), yeah, but I just needed to have that extra level of cardio for this, and that only can come from going to altitude.
“It’s a great experience overall to be in there with someone who’s that good. I learned a lot and see where I could have done better. So I’m a little disappointed, but I also know how good he is. But I had him wobbled at one point. I had him wobbled, but he kept his hands up better this fight.”
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Jake Paul: I won two rounds vs. Anthony Joshua and had him ‘wobbled’
