The rumoured girlfriend of an NFL star was a ring girl at the Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua fight night event.
Joshua emerged victorious overnight against Paul in his first professional boxing bout in over 12 months.
AJ, 36, last appeared inside the ring more than a year ago in September 2024 at Wembley Stadium where he was beaten by Daniel Dubois with the IBF heavyweight title on the line.
But the British fighter - who is hotly tipped to take on Tyson Fury at some point in 2026 and even confirmed the intention to do so after the bout in Miami - defeated Paul in the sixth round with a brutal right hook which the YouTuber was unable to recover from.
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The mismatch saw Joshua pick up the 29th win of his professional boxing career, which began in 2013 after his gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics, out of 33 fights.
Speaking in the ring after the fight, Joshua said: "Jake Paul has done really well tonight, I want to give him the props. He got up time and time again. It was difficult in there for him, but he kept trying to find a way.
"It takes a real man to do that. You have to give Jake credit for trying, but he came up against a real fighter tonight."
Paul, 28, was taken to hospital after the fight, where it was confirmed that he suffered a broken jaw in the encounter at the Kaseya Center.
He is poised to take some time away from boxing to recover, after the YouTuber made his professional boxing debut in 2020 against AnEsonGib.
His record now stands at 12 wins from 14 fights, with losses at the hands of Tommy Fury and now Joshua.
As has been the case for many years at boxing and MMA fights, there were ring girls present to announce the commencement of each round for fights on the night.
Among those in attendance were Journi Carr and Raphaela Milagres.
But the third is the rumoured girlfriend of New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart, who is Marissa Ayers.
She is a model and a social media influencer and was spotted in the ring for the bout earlier on in the evening between Jahmal Harvey and Kevin Cervantes, which was won by the former.
Ayers also appeared in an Instagram video where she struck a fight pose in the ring where the event was being held.
The 22-year-old has around 1.5m followers on TikTok and had more than 400,000 on Instagram.
Ayers is rumoured to be dating NFL star Dart since October of this year, after they were spotted together at a Halloween party, and she was later seen at a Giants match speaking to Dart's mother, though neither have confirmed their relationship status yet.
Dart, also 22, was chosen by the Giants in the opening round of the 2025 NFL draft.
Topics: NFL, Boxing, Boxing News, Jake Paul, Anthony Joshua, American Football
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