Featured Image Credit: Joe Rogan Experience
Topics: Joe Rogan, Anthony Joshua, Jake Paul, Boxing
Nasir Jabbar
Topics: Joe Rogan, Anthony Joshua, Jake Paul, Boxing
Joe Rogan has shared his honest thoughts on Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua, dropping a theory nobody else has mentioned.
Paul is set to return to action against Joshua, who has replaced Gervonta Davis after their November exhibition bout was scrapped after a civil lawsuit was filed against 'Tank'.
They faced off in a launch press conference ahead of their professional heavyweight fight in Miami on December 19.
The Brit towered over the American as a body language expert revealed what they noticed during their face-off.
Advert
Their staredown amplified the disparity between the two fighters, with a weight-related clause inserted into Joshua's contract to fight Paul.
He will be capped at 245lbs on the day before the fight but without a rehydration clause, meaning there is no limit to what 'AJ' can weigh inside the ring.
But Rogan believes the weight limit won't matter and believes it will make Joshua 'more dangerous'.
Advert
On the weight limit, he said: "Yeah, that's nothing. And there's some sort of a rehydration clause. Listen kids, it ain't going to matter. You know, there's not a chance that Anthony Joshua is not going to just lose the weight beforehand. He's not going to come in drained. What he's going to do is just do extra cardio and that's just going to make him more dangerous."
The UFC commentator added: "He's going to be terrifying and he's going to have a lot to prove. He's going to be very angry that Jake Paul wants to fight him. Very upset that this YouTuber whose fought Tommy Fury, who's a legit boxer, and a couple other guys that were legit boxers. That's it.
"He's fought Ben Askren, who was really a wrestler. He fought Tyron Woodley, who was an elite MMA fighter, but not an elite boxer. He fought Nate Robinson, who was a basketball player. He fought Anderson Silva and he dropped Anderson Silva and Anderson Silva is a really good striker, but also in his 40s, you know, different time. It's not the same guy he used to be.
"This is a 36-year-old Anthony Joshua. This is a terrifying human being. Terrifying."
Advert
Paul fought Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in his last appearance and weighed 199.4lbs.
For his heavyweight clash against Mike Tyson, 'The Problem Child' scaled 227.2lbs.
Advert
And he plans to be weigh around the 220lbs mark against Joshua, with Eddie Hearn revealing a conversation he had with Most Valuable Promotions chief Nakisa Bidarian.
"I spoke to [Joshua] and he was sitting at 265 pounds or something like that. I think I told Nakisa that he was 290 pounds or something like that," Hearn explained.
"I said I'm not interested in balloon gloves and two-minute rounds but he said it was a real fight. I asked if it was 10 rounds or eight rounds, they said fine to eight.
"They said: 'The only thing is that Jake will weigh about 220 pounds and we want AJ to come down in weight'.
Advert
"He's a heavyweight and hasn't cut weight before. They said: 'Look we're not being funny and it's not that we need an advantage but we need you to have some disadvantage'."