UFC Hall of Famer and analyst Michael Bisping warns Jake Paul of getting seriously hurt by Anthony Joshua.
Paul (12-1) meets former two-time unified heavyweight champion Joshua (28-4) on Friday at Kaseya Center in Miami. The fight streams live on Netflix.
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Paul is not only taking on his sternest and most experienced test to date; he’s also at a significant size disadvantage, which Bisping finds concerning.
“There’s no way on this Earth that this fight ends with Jake Paul knocking out Anthony Joshua,” Bisping said on his YouTube channel. “It’s so crazy to say because remember, before it was Anthony Joshua, it was Gervonta Davis (Paul was supposed to fight). So, he went from someone who’s 135 pounds to like 260 pounds.
“From a man who was half his size and had everyone talking sh*t on social media to all of a sudden Jake Paul’s the small guy, and Anthony Joshua is towering over him. He’s got way more experience. He hits harder. He’s the bigger man. He’s got the longer reach. He’s an Olympic champion. Jake Paul is not going to go out there and turn this into a real life David and Goliath. That ain’t going to happen, and everybody knows that.”
Bisping can’t help but be skeptical of the legitimacy of the fight because he sees serious health risks for Paul.
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“This fight has been frowned upon not only because of these suggestions that the fight might be fixed but also from people in the boxing world that look at this as a spectacle and look at this as a circus, a sideshow, a freak show attraction, and also something that is extremely dangerous,” Bisping said.
“Because if this is a real fight – and apparently it is, so we’ll go with that – there’s a very good chance that somebody gets hurt, and I’m sorry to say it ain’t going to be Anthony Joshua. Joshua has been in there with the best of the best. … (In) boxing, people die. This is not a game. You don’t play at boxing.”
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC analyst fears for Jake Paul’s safety against Anthony Joshua
