Jake Paul plans on shocking the world against Anthony Joshua.
Paul (12-1) takes on former two-time unified heavyweight boxing champion Joshua (28-4) on Friday at Kaseya Center in Miami. The fight streams on Netflix. According to FanDuel, Joshua is a massive -1300 favorite over Paul, who’s a +700 underdog.
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The greatest upset in boxing history is widely considered James “Buster” Douglas knocking out Mike Tyson in 1990, but Paul thinks beating Joshua would surpass that.
“This is something that’s woken me up,” Paul said on his YouTube channel. “This fight scares me. It plays in my mind at night. It’s hard to sleep. I had two options: run away or say ‘you will not stop me,’ and I’m going to prove the world wrong. This is going to be the biggest upset in the sport of boxing. This camp has been very difficult, very taxing on the body, but I’m here to challenge myself and to see what I’m capable of and prepare myself for the toughest battle yet.”
Paul has faced nowhere near the caliber of opponent as Joshua but is finally ready to put his money where his mouth is.
“It’s by far the most challenging and craziest fight I’ve done to date, and I will win,” Paul said. “There’s going to be fear. Especially when you’re the underdog, all the things are stacked against you. You have to be able to persevere. I’m going to do the impossible. He’s going to have to kill me to stop me, and I’m ready to die.”
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Jake Paul: Beating Anthony Joshua would be ‘biggest upset’ in boxing
