{"id":79918,"date":"2025-11-16T05:53:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T09:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/joshua-seeks-urgent-fight-in-2025-is-jake-paul-in-sight\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T05:53:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T09:53:35","slug":"joshua-seeks-urgent-fight-in-2025-is-jake-paul-in-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/boxing\/joshua-seeks-urgent-fight-in-2025-is-jake-paul-in-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Seeks Urgent Fight in 2025: Is Jake Paul in Sight?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anthony Joshua Eyes Ring Return in 2025<\/h2>\n\n\nBoxer Anthony Joshua is in talks with potential opponents, but time is running out to finalize a fight in 2025.\n\nJoshua hasn&#8217;t fought in almost 14 months, since he was defeated by Daniel Dubois last September.\n\nThis setback stalled his momentum under the tutelage of coach Ben Davison. However, it has been revealed that a warm-up fight is in the works and could occur before the end of the year.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We are already talking to some opponents about a preparation fight.<\/p><cite>Promoter Hearn<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nPromoter Hearn explained that the goal is for Joshua to regain his fighting rhythm, without the pressure of a massive event.\n\nHearn set a deadline: &#8220;We will make a decision this week about Anthony&#8217;s next fight.&#8221;\n\nSpeculation has arisen about a fight against Jake Paul, who previously stated that Joshua would represent a greater challenge than Terence Crawford.\n\nAlthough Hearn is open to considering a fight against Paul, there is no formal offer on the table.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>If we had a warm-up fight, against Jake Paul would be nice.<\/p><cite>Promoter Hearn<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nHearn insisted that, if Joshua fights in 2025, it will not be against a high-profile opponent, unless it&#8217;s Jake Paul.\n\nJoshua&#8217;s defeat to Dubois interrupted a streak of four consecutive victories after two losses to Oleksandr Usyk.\n\nWith Tyson Fury, an old rival, waiting to return to boxing in 2026, an expected fight between Joshua and Fury remains a possibility.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Joshua Eyes Ring Return in 2025 Boxer Anthony Joshua is in talks with potential opponents, but time is running out to finalize a fight in 2025. Joshua hasn&#8217;t fought in almost 14 months, since he was defeated by Daniel Dubois last September. This setback stalled his momentum under the tutelage of coach Ben Davison. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[2243,205,10221,233],"class_list":{"0":"post-79918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-anthony-joshua","9":"tag-boxing","10":"tag-hearn","11":"tag-jake-paul"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}