Israel Adesanya is adamant Anthony Joshua was taking it easy on Jake Paul.
Former two-time unified heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist Joshua knocked out Paul in Round 6 of their boxing match Friday at Kaseya Center in Miami. A right hand eventually floored an exhausted Paul.
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As Adesanya watched the fight, he said he saw shots that should have gone to the head go to Paul’s body instead in Round 4.
“Honest thoughts on the fight, I feel like AJ carried Jake Paul to the sixth round,” Adesanya said on his YouTube channel. “I know what my eyes see, and I understand fighting. But this is, I guess, the best result, or the most realistic result, I guess. But I know what my eyes were seeing in the early rounds and then now we’re here. Oh well. They made money. Everyone is happy, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.”
Paul revealed after the fight that Joshua broke his jaw in two places, leaving his bottom left teeth misaligned.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Israel Adesanya: Anthony Joshua carried Jake Paul before knockout
