Colby Covington is skeptical about Jake Paul’s boxing match with Anthony Joshua.
Shortly after the exhibition boxing match between Paul and WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis was canceled, Paul was booked against former two-time unified heavyweight champion Joshua on Dec. 19 at Kaseya Center in Miami and will stream live on Netflix.
Advertisement
Covington finds it hard to believe that Paul would go from Davis to Joshua.
“I just have this weird (intuition) inside that I don’t think the fight is going to happen,” Covington told The Schmo. “I don’t know. Maybe they’re just selling it right now to the public, but I just feel it’s wolf tickets. I don’t know if it’s really going to happen. Is Jake really going to step in there with a killer, a heavyweight icon of the sport of boxing, a world champion?
“Look what (Joshua) did to Ngannou. Ngannou would leave Jake Paul in a stretcher in a second. It wouldn’t even be a competitive fight, and you saw what Joshua did to Ngannou. So I don’t know. I don’t think the fight is going to happen. I have this weird suspicion. How do you go from fighting a little guy that’s 100 pounds lighter than you in Gervonta, and now you’re going to fight a heavyweight that’s 260 pounds of solid steel that’s been knocking dudes out senseless? My prediction is I don’t think the fight is going to happen.”
Paul vs. Joshua is scheduled for eight 3-minute rounds and is a sanctioned professional bout, unlike the Davis exhibition. Paul and Joshua will wear 10-ounce gloves. The only stipulation is that Joshua cannot weigh in heavier than 245 pounds for the fight.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Colby Covington doubts Jake Paul actually boxes Anthony Joshua
