Jake Paul labelled an 'absolute embarrassment' and 'fraud' after getting knocked out by Anthony Joshua

Jake Paul couldn’t quite pull off an encore of his victory over Mike Tyson when facing Anthony Joshua, suffering a sixth-round knockout in their heavyweight showdown on Friday in Miami. Such was the two-time heavyweight champion’s dominance at the 19,600-capacity Kaseya Center in Miami that he dropped the visibly fading YouTuber-turned-professional boxer twice during the fifth round.

Joshua then brought the lopsided contest to a screeching halt with a powerful right uppercut early during the sixth round, before flooring the 28-year-old, who has a 12-2 pro record, with a combination to the head. The Briton, who has a 29-4 professional record including 26 KOs, thus highlighted why he belongs to the sport’s elite.

The moment Anthony Joshua knocked Jake Paul out! #JakeJoshua pic.twitter.com/TiP0ovbpzf

— Netflix (@netflix) December 20, 2025

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Joshua showed no signs of rust in his first bout in over a year, having not competed since he was knocked out in five rounds by fellow Briton Daniel Dubois in September last year. Following his dominant victory over Paul, Joshua is expected to shift his focus to reclaiming the heavyweight title that he had lost to Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk.

Paul heavily trolled after lopsided defeat against Joshua

Social media, meanwhile, was flooded with memes after Paul was easily outpunched by Joshua, many taking a dig at him for failing to back up his trash talk with his in-ring performance. Some of the biggest names in the world of boxing and other combat sports also weighed in on the highly-anticipated showdown that was aired on Netflix.

Here are select reactions:

Anthony Joshua was literally smiling at Jake Paul's scared face 😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/7P6RKlNoct

— fan (@NoodleHairCR7) December 20, 2025

Jake Paul is an absolute embarrassment to the sport of boxing. A fraud who buys his way into fights against legitimate champions like Anthony Joshua, only to get knocked out in the sixth round after clinching, flopping, and running like a coward. He has no real skill, no heart,… pic.twitter.com/CaQqbOwCT5

— Padr0n (@Padr0n) December 20, 2025

You can see the exact moment Jake Paul suddenly regretted the life choices that had led to this point pic.twitter.com/RpLXMSaCcl

— Calvy J (@CJRealHoops1) December 20, 2025

The Anthony Joshua vs Jake Paul fight should have never even gone beyond 2 rounds

Anthony had to carry the YouTuber afterall he got a big payday

But still satisfying that he knocked out this fraud

He's done a lot of damage to boxing as a sport pic.twitter.com/8Z3PXFxNQs

— 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒕 𝑶𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 (@Shadaya_Knight) December 20, 2025

Jake Paul when it’s time to box someone below the age of 50 who’s actually a boxer pic.twitter.com/HftQeCUSfF

— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) December 20, 2025

Regardless of the outcome Jake Paul got into the ring with an Olympic gold medalist & former heavyweight world champion & tried his best until the very end. You have to give that man his respect now… he’s done what most would never & he didn’t give up. Well done Jake.

— Chris Eubank Jr (@ChrisEubankJr) December 20, 2025

Jake Paul to Anthony Joshua the whole time pic.twitter.com/oNZ6KLjC9c

— T (@igwt097) December 20, 2025

incredibly satisfying watching jake paul get the shit beaten out of him especially after anthony joshua stop playing with his food after the 5th round

— hasanabi (@hasanthehun) December 20, 2025