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🔥 Stephen A. Smith GOES OFF on Jake Paul after his jaw-dropping knockout loss to Anthony Joshua in the Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua full fight highlights on Netflix 2025! 🎤 Join us as we break down the intense moments straight from the ring, where Paul’s bravado meets reality in a match that had everyone talking! 😳 From Smith’s fiery commentary to the fallout from the bout, you won't want to miss our analysis and the drama surrounding Jake's future. Is this the end of the YouTube boxing era ... or just the beginning? 🥊 Make sure to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE for more hot takes and sports commentary! 💥
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00:00We got to start holding Jake Paul accountable for that.
00:04Not because he can't fight, because we know he can.
00:08Do you understand?
00:10Yeah, it wasn't the best, it wasn't the best fight.
00:14It wasn't the, it just wasn't the best thing to watch, was it?
00:17Like, like, it was just, yeah, it wasn't great.
00:20Didn't look like he got out of first gear.
00:22Jake Paul was just on pure survival mode from round one right through to round six.
00:27I don't know if he's got a moral victory going six rounds.
00:29Maybe he has, people might give him credit for going six rounds.
00:31But he got in there and just survived.
00:34He just went in there and ran like a chicken from round one right through to round six when he got splattered.
00:40Stephen A. Smith clowns Jake Paul following his knockout loss to Anthony Joshua.
00:44Smith shuts down the narrative that a YouTube kid lasting six rounds is impressive.
00:49He points out that Jake is no longer just a content creator,
00:52but a professional boxer who has trained in real camps with professional coaches for years.
00:57According to Smith, Jake cannot hide behind the YouTuber label when stepping into the ring with a real elite fighter like Joshua.
01:04Training with professional boxing trainers for years.
01:07He takes the sport very, very, very seriously.
01:09So let me ask you, that's the question I have.
01:11Because great kid, great businessman, by the way, amazing.
01:14And I know how he does all this character and the persona.
01:17We keep saying that he's not a, he doesn't want to be a boxer.
01:20He's not a boxer.
01:21But then Jake Paul is a boxer.
01:22Yeah, exactly.
01:23That's my point.
01:23Exactly.
01:24He's a boxer.
01:24He can fight.
01:25He can fight.
01:26I respect him.
01:27So go in there against fighters.
01:28You should be climbing the ladder towards those other fighters and taking the sport seriously to the point where you're fighting actual boxers.
01:37Sam Jones does not hold back when reacting to Jake Paul's knockout loss against Anthony Joshua.
01:41While some fans try to spin the fight as a brave showing because Jake survived several rounds, Jones completely rejects that framing.
01:49He describes the bout as painful to watch, not because of violence, but because of how one-sided and awkward it looked from a boxing standpoint.
01:57According to Jones, bravery alone does not turn a mismatch into a quality contest.
02:02He acknowledges that Jake showed courage by stepping into the ring, but courage without competitiveness does not make a good fight.
02:08In Jones' view, the fight lacked rhythm, exchanges, and genuine moments of danger for Joshua, which stripped it of entertainment value.
02:16He believes people praising Jake for simply lasting are lowering the standard of professional boxing.
02:22Jones expands his criticism by making a clear distinction between surviving and competing.
02:27He points out that running, holding, and avoiding damage may help someone last longer, but it does not demonstrate boxing ability at the highest level.
02:35From his perspective, Jake Paul spent much of the fight doing exactly that, moving defensively, and avoiding engagement rather than creating offense.
02:43Action to Anthony Joshua, knocking out and breaking Jake Paul's jaw.
02:48Just talk to me right now about the fight itself and then we'll break it down.
02:52A bit of a crap fight, if we're all honest.
02:54It was like watching Jaws 2 when all the kids went out on their boats and they were in the middle of the sea and the shark was just surrounding the boat.
03:09That's what it was like.
03:10It was like a shark circling its prey and it was like nibbling, nibbling and eventually got him.
03:19But Jake Paul showed big plums in there, no matter what anybody says about him.
03:25Because I've seen people say, yeah, he went in there to survive.
03:27Yeah, okay, he went in there to survive.
03:30He's a guy that's been boxing a couple of years against a unified champion of the world who can really punch.
03:37Yeah, it wasn't the best fight.
03:41It just wasn't the best thing to watch, was it?
03:44Like, it was just, yeah, it wasn't great.
03:47I just want to see now Tyson Fury against Anthony Joshua.
03:53I think at the stages of their careers they're at, AJ and Tyson Fury, we don't need to see interim fights, Andrew.
04:01We don't need to see interim fights because they're just potential banana skins.
04:04We want to see two of the best heavyweights of this era going at it and we need to see it next.
04:11Carl Frotch delivers one of the harshest assessments of the night.
04:17He outright calls the fight a disgrace and questions why Jake Paul is receiving praise at all.
04:22Frotch believes the reaction to the bout reflects a worrying shift in boxing culture,
04:26where entertainment value and social media influence outweigh skill and accomplishment.
04:31In his eyes, Jake did not win rounds, did not impose himself, and did not threaten Joshua in any meaningful way.
04:37Frotch argues that credit should be earned through competition, not endurance.
04:42He is especially critical of the idea that lasting six rounds deserves applause when there was no genuine attempt to win.
04:48Frotch further explains that what people witnessed was not a proper boxing match, but a one-sided chase.
04:54He describes Jake's approach as defensive survival rather than strategic boxing.
04:58According to Frotch, Anthony Joshua was forced into the role of aggressor chasing a moving target,
05:04which made the fight awkward and frustrating to watch.
05:06He believes this style should not be rewarded or celebrated, especially at a professional level.
05:12For Frotch, boxing is about standing your ground when necessary, trading shots, and taking risks to win,
05:18not simply avoiding damage until the referee steps in.
05:20He got stopped on his feet, countered out, knocked out, whatever, however you want to call it.
05:24It wasn't a bad knockout.
05:25It wasn't an El Sparco.
05:26It wasn't rendered unconscious, but he got done.
05:29He got it on the chin.
05:29He went over.
05:30He didn't beat the count.
05:31It was sort of up on his feet.
05:32But if I'm honest, the whole fight was terrible, wasn't it?
05:35It was just so bad.
05:37It was just shit, wasn't it?
05:38A proper bad fight for AJ.
05:41Let me start with AJ.
05:43AJ was following him around the ring a little bit, sort of pouring with a jab, putting the jab on the shoulder of Jake Paul,
05:47sort of putting him in the corner and not really pulling the trigger on the right hand.
05:50He didn't seem to be motivated to go in there and just smash Jake Paul into oblivion in the first one or two rounds,
05:58which I think he could have done, but he's been out of the ring 15 months, a bit slow on his feet, a bit ring rust maybe,
06:04and he was kind of, it's hard.
06:05When I used to spar novice amateurs, even when I was a world champion pro, if you're not motivated,
06:10sometimes you can have a couple of bad rounds and you're sort of looking at your opponent and a jab hit you or a right-hand hit you.
06:15And I think AJ was in a bit of a daze early on, just walking him around, touching the jab on his shoulder,
06:21not really pulling the trigger on the right hand.
06:22Didn't look like he got out of first gear.
06:24Jake Paul was just on pure survival mode from round one right through to round six.
06:29I don't know if he's got a moral victory going six rounds.
06:31Maybe he has. People might give him credit for going six rounds.
06:34But he got in there and just f***ing survived.
06:36He just went in there and ran like a chicken from round one right through to round six when he got splattered.
06:42And it's like, you can't really justify what he's done because this is supposed to be a professional sanctioned boxing match.
06:51And I think it brings the integrity of the sport down when somebody like AJ, who's a two-time world champion,
06:58can't get in there and just completely dismiss somebody like Jake Paul, who I've said for ages, can't fight.
07:02He's not a professional boxer.
07:04It's just AJ following him around, touching him to the shoulder.
07:07Round one came and went. Round two was much of the same, a bit slow.
07:11I think AJ got caught of an overran right at one stage.
07:13But sometimes when you're out in the rain, you're going to get wet.
07:15He was following him around, taking his eye off the ball, probably a bit under-motivated, thinking,
07:19what's this guy doing that's in front of me?
07:22Jake Paul was just running left to right, ducking low.
07:25True Jordy takes a broader view of the situation, focusing less on insults and more on long-term implications.
07:32He argues that the fight answered very little about Jake Paul's true boxing ability.
07:36While Jake showed toughness, the gap between him and Anthony Joshua was so large that it prevented any meaningful evaluation.
07:42According to True Jordy, the mismatch was too extreme to measure progress or potential.
07:48Because Jake was overwhelmed physically and technically,
07:51fans are left guessing about what level he actually belongs at within professional boxing.
07:55True Jordy also criticizes the structure of the fight itself.
07:59He emphasizes that boxing is not meant to be a game of catch-and-run,
08:02where one fighter endlessly evades while the other pursues.
08:06In his view, Anthony Joshua appeared patient and controlled,
08:09but Jake's lack of engagement drained the fight of intensity.
08:12He suggests that, even if Jake had gone the distance,
08:15it would not have changed the reality that the bout was never competitive.
08:18The mismatch, he argues, did more harm than good to Jake's attempt at being taken seriously as a boxer.
08:23It's the fucking ring.
08:24And when one guy isn't wanting to engage, it's really hard to pin them down and hurt them
08:30because they're not basically contributing to the sport.
08:33You know, we're supposed to be fighting each other, not, you know, you running away from me and me having to run after you.
08:39And we've seen this before in other boxing matches.
08:41It just makes it a very difficult night for the guy who's trying to be the aggressor,
08:46especially when you've got a ring that big and the guy who you're fighting is much smaller
08:50and therefore can just get on his bike and run for as long as he can.
08:54Now, to be fair to Jake, he did land some shots.
08:56He didn't just run.
08:57But generally, you know, the game plan was to run a lot, hold whenever he had to.
09:02He dropped his knees for a fucking takedown quite a lot.
09:05I thought it was quite ironic that when he's fighting MMA guys, he boxes them.
09:09But when he's fighting the boxer, he's going for the wrestling.
09:11And there was a lot of criticism for those tactics, right?
09:14Online, even the commentary and the referee were going at him.
09:17Duke McKenzie offers a blunt but structured assessment.
09:20He makes it clear that he is not speaking out of hatred, but from experience.
09:24McKenzie states that Anthony Joshua knocking out Jake Paul is enough proof on its own.
09:29There is no need to debate whether Joshua should have finished earlier or dominated more impressively.
09:34For him, the result reinforces a basic truth about the sport.
09:38Professional boxers are professionals for a reason.
09:41And content creators stepping into that world should understand their limits.
09:45McKenzie believes both sides should stay in their lanes to preserve boxing's credibility.
09:49McKenzie further explains that boxing experience cannot be rushed or bought.
09:53Years of amateur development, professional fights, and world-level competition
09:57create instincts that cannot be replicated in short training camps.
10:01While Jake Paul has invested in coaching and preparation,
10:04McKenzie argues that this does not replace decades of real competition.
10:08Against someone like Anthony Joshua, those differences become impossible to hide.
10:12For McKenzie, the fight served as a reminder that boxing remains a craft, not a shortcut opportunity.
10:18The fight reminded me of, like, you know, like when you've got a fly on the windscreen
10:22and you're trying to swat it, and you're trying to swat it, and you miss, and you keep tapping,
10:28and then eventually, bang, you get it.
10:30That's exactly what that fight was.
10:32Jake Paul didn't get in there to win last night.
10:34He got in there to survive.
10:35And he didn't do a better job of surviving.
10:38He sold the fight brilliantly.
10:40That's what he is.
10:40He's a salesman.
10:41And he's a YouTuber, influencer, call him whatever you want.
10:45So, from that perspective, he did his job.
10:49But he never got in there to win.
10:51He just got in there to get beat up.
10:53And glad Don't you think Joshua had done a number on him.
10:55This is why boxers are boxers, YouTubers, whatever they want to call themselves, influencers.
11:03You know, they should stay in their lane and fight people that they're supposed to fight on their level.
11:10This guy was never on Anthony Joshua's level.
11:13And Joshua did what he needed to do.
11:15Did what he had to do for the sake of boxing and blow this guy up and just knock him out.
11:22What about the fact that Jake was able to land on him clean a couple of times?
11:27What did you make of that?
11:30Listen, you can't get into the water without getting hit.
11:33Fortunately for Joshua, that guy can't break an egg.
11:36So, he was never in any danger.
11:38You know, he's always going to get hit back.
11:40I mean, you know, it was six rounds.
11:42Anthony Joshua was always going to take at least one or two shots over that six-round period.
11:47But it was nothing to hurt him.
11:49It was nothing to bother him.
11:50And like I say, this is all about getting AJ's confidence back.
11:55If Jake Paul fights, if he fights KSI or KHC or whatever his name is,
12:02then those two are evenly matched, aren't they?
12:06They're evenly matched.
12:08And then they could fight, you know, because they're evenly matched.
12:13Lennox Lewis offers a calmer and more measured reaction compared to many critics.
12:17He acknowledges that Jake Paul, surviving into the later rounds, deserves some recognition.
12:22Lewis believes fans should not criticize Anthony Joshua for the fight lasting as long as it did.
12:27From his perspective, Joshua remained composed, controlled the pace, and avoided unnecessary risks.
12:33Lewis sees this as a professional performance rather than a failure to dominate.
12:37He emphasizes that Joshua did his job by winning decisively without compromising his own safety.
12:42Lewis also highlights that not every knockout needs to come instantly.
12:46He explains that patience and control are signs of maturity in a heavyweight.
12:50Rather than rushing for an early finish, Joshua chose to break Jake down gradually.
12:55Lewis believes this approach shows intelligence and discipline.
12:58While the fight may not have been thrilling, it was still a legitimate contest in the sense that both fighters followed the rules and saw it through.
13:06For Lewis, the criticism aimed at Joshua is misplaced.
13:09You know, the fact that he did that, it was good because, you know, we didn't think it was going to go six rounds.
13:18We thought it was going to go two.
13:20So the fact that he made six rounds is an accomplishment for Jake Paul.
13:25Was there anything that stuck out with you from the fight?
13:27Yeah, really, who was in better shape?
13:31I thought that Joshua was in great shape compared to, you know, Jake Paul because he was running around the ring.
13:39You guys got to walk, excuse me.
13:39And that takes out a lot of energy, especially when you're not used to it.
13:43We got to keep going, guys.
13:44Excuse me.
13:45Did he have him going six rounds in terms of someone like the stature of AJ should have maybe gotten him out of there early?
13:52Well, that's what we wanted to happen.
13:54But we have to look at what AJ was going, what was going on in AJ's life.
13:59You know, he was out for 15 months.
14:01So this is like a little warm-up for him.
14:04And he needed it.
14:06Did he look good to you, AJ?
14:08For being out 15 months?
14:10Yeah, you know, it looked all right.
14:12Following the fight, attention shifts to Jake Paul's future.
14:16Many observers agree that heavyweight is simply not the right division for him.
14:20The physical disparity was too obvious and the risk too high.
14:23Moving to cruiserweight, where Jake himself has expressed interest, could offer a more realistic environment to test his skills.
14:30Facing opponents closer to his natural size would allow for fairer competition and clearer evaluation of his progress.
14:37If Jake truly wants respect within boxing, critics argue that opponent selection is crucial.
14:42Fighting suitable contenders in the correct weight class would provide meaningful answers about his ability.
14:47Carefully chosen cruiserweight fights could help determine whether Jake is developing into a legitimate boxer or simply surviving through toughness and marketing.
14:56Without that step, debates about his level will continue without resolution.
15:00And that is the kind of effort he gave.
15:03Now, I know it's not easy to fight a guy that's running away from you.
15:06And Jake Paul made a ring bigger.
15:09It was 22 by 22.
15:10It's a huge ring when I was looking at it.
15:12I'm like, holy shit, this ring's massive.
15:15I had said before the fight, I tweeted, I said, it's like, it was like a soccer field that they were, you know, fighting in, right?
15:21Yeah.
15:21And, you know, it's not easy to do that.
15:23But he just looked poor in there and like he didn't really care.
15:28And, you know, you're being paid that much money and people are, you know, I looked at tickets today just to see on their ticket map how many tickets were left and what it was like.
15:36And there was tickets being sold for $3,500.
15:39And then this is the kind of performance, if you're AJ, that you give when you're being paid $35 million and people are paying that much money to get in.
15:49I thought that was, you know, the whole show was awful.
15:52Netflix ought to be embarrassed for putting that on.
15:54But that main event was just wow bad.
15:57What was your reaction when you saw Jake Paul's game plan, which was to kind of clinch up with AJ, but then he kept doing this weird thing.
16:04It was almost half a takedown where he would dive at his legs, right?
16:08He'd end up on the ground and the referee just let it go on for the whole fight until he started getting hurt a little bit and then he counted him as knockdowns.
16:16It was wild.
16:18Yeah, I thought Christopher Young officiated a terrible fight.
16:21I thought the only thing that he really did good in the fight was when he said the fans aren't paying to watch this crap, right?
16:26Because he was right about that.
16:28But, you know, I thought he, you know, he should have been warning Jake a lot during the fight, right?
16:34Jake's holding, Jake's grabbing the legs.
16:36I mean, you know, Jake was flinging himself down, you know, a number of times.
16:41And even that low blow, you know, I don't want to say it wasn't a low blow that, you know, because we couldn't tell where that knee went.
16:49But certainly there was no punch that went low.
16:51Ariel Helwani offers a respectful perspective that balances criticism with concern.
16:57He states that Jake Paul has earned his respect for stepping into dangerous situations repeatedly.
17:01However, Helwani also emphasizes that Anthony Joshua needed to be careful in a fight like this.
17:07If Jake had suffered a more serious injury, the consequences would have been severe, both physically and for the sport's image.
17:14Helwani believes that when established champions face crossover fighters, there is an added responsibility to ensure safety.
17:20He was flinging and missing, and I thought that that was getting to him a little bit.
17:25Do I think he was playing with his food?
17:27No, there were a couple times where he was going to the body, and I was like, why aren't you going to the head?
17:31Like, the head is open.
17:33Upstairs is open.
17:35And I was surprised that he wasn't going there.
17:37But, you know, any of this nonsense, script, bullshit, bullshit.
17:40Like, if you subscribe to that notion, you're an absolute idiot.
17:44You're an absolute idiot.
17:45There is no reason for, you know, first of all, you go to jail.
17:50Why would Netflix, the biggest streaming platform in the world, partake in anything like that?
17:54Just use your brain.
17:55And MVP, too much to lose.
17:57You go to jail.
17:58Federal effing prison.
18:00AJ.
18:01Like, for what?
18:02For what?
18:02He doesn't need it.
18:03He doesn't need more money.
18:05It's great.
18:06But to risk this?
18:07No.
18:07Look at what's going on with the gambling.
18:09No way.
18:10There's no way.
18:11My respect for Jake has grown.
18:13I know people don't like to give him credit.
18:15A, you fight amateur, influencer, pro boxing.
18:19You have my respect.
18:20I don't care what kind of fighter you are.
18:22I don't care how many wins you have.
18:24You step through those ropes.
18:26You have my respect.
18:29He lasted six rounds.
18:30Most didn't think he would.
18:31I think the line, as far as how many rounds, was two and a half.
18:34So, clearly, most people thought he would be out of there.
18:40Around that point.
18:42And I think a lot of people were going with the under.
18:44He had some moments.
18:45He had some moments.
18:47He had the antics.
18:48You know, obviously, the takedowns and all that weren't great.
18:52But, golly, I think he was tired.
18:53You know, the ring was bigger.
18:54And everyone said that that was going to benefit him, the 22 by 22 ring.
18:57But, you know, cardio has been an issue for him.
19:00And so, when you're circling and dancing, you're going to get tired.
19:03You're going to gas out.
19:04And I think that happened.
19:06Arms were down.
19:07And he was getting pinned.
19:08He was getting cornered.
19:10And he was getting, you know, he was...
19:12AJ was doing a great job, I think, of not letting the fight be contested in the middle of the ring.
19:16That's it for today's video.
19:18Stay tuned until next time.
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