Anthony Joshua did a lot of Jake Paul haters a favor by brutally knocking him out in the sixth round of their Heavyweight fight last weekend (Fri., Dec. 19, 2025) in Miami, Fla., leaving “El Gallo” with a broken jaw and a severe hangover of pain. For his next challenge, “A.J.” will return to his […]
Anthony Joshua did a lot of Jake Paul haters a favor by brutally knocking him out in the sixth round of their Heavyweight fight last weekend (Fri., Dec. 19, 2025) in Miami, Fla., leaving “El Gallo” with a broken jaw and a severe hangover of pain.
For his next challenge, “A.J.” will return to his roots of fighting professional boxers that are equal to him in size and skill level. One man who is eyeing a fight against the towering Brit is none other than former WBC Heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder, who has been linked to a potential showdown against Joshua for a while now.
“Almost definitely [I’ll fight Joshua]. Hands down. I’m a fighter. He’s a fighter. I’m still active. He’s still active. And that’s one of the biggest fights people still want to see,” Wilder told Boxing Scene. “You know what I mean? That’s a big fight people still want to see. And like I said, we both are still in this business. And so as long as we’re still in this business, we must meet.”
Despite both being in the same division for over decade their paths have never crossed, which is a shame because at one point this was the fight to make. Unfortunately for Wilder, his stock has taken a bit of a stumble as of late by going just 2-4 in his last six fights, with his most recent win coming against Tyrrell Anthony Herndon this past summer.
Despite his struggles, Wilder caught the eye of Oleksandr Usyk — the current WBA , WBC, IBO, The Ring and IBF Heavyweight champion — for a potential 2026 showdown.
As far as Joshua is concerned, prior to his jaw-breaking win over Paul, he was on the wrong side of a knockout defeat of his own, losing to Daniel Duboisvia fifth-round stoppage in Sept. 2024. Before then he was on a four-fight win streak which included a knockout win over Francis Ngannou (see it again here).
Still, both men are still active and are trending upward. That said, do you still want to see these two hard-hitting big men finally get it on inside the ring?
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