{"id":387070,"date":"2025-12-14T16:47:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=387070"},"modified":"2025-12-14T16:47:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:47:57","slug":"jake-paul-vs-anthony-joshua-predictions-december-19-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/jake-paul-vs-anthony-joshua-predictions-december-19-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua predictions: Take the over on total rounds in heavyweight bout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jake Paul is turning heads by challenging former boxing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pre-fight narrative: <\/strong>Paul is 12-1 as a pro but is taking a massive leap in competition. His opponent is 28-4 with 24 knockouts and has been in the ring with some of the greatest heavyweight boxers of this generation. Because of that, Joshua is a massive -1,000 favourite to get his hand raised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out my Paul vs. Joshua predictions for the Dec. 19 fight in Miami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paul vs. Joshua predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Best bet: Over 2.5 rounds (-115)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the thing: Paul is a legit pro boxer now, and he will have a sound game plan going into this bout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That doesn’t mean I think the underdog has a real shot to win, but I think he’ll come in with a very slow approach, looking for one clean fight-ending shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it’s not like Joshua can simply walk through the fire. He’ll need to be responsible defensively against Paul, who’s going to be legit heavyweight size for this matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all, a loss here is more embarrassing for Joshua, who’s the former champion. He will take this fight seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I expect a lot of feints and movement from Paul early on, which will help him avoid any big shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once the Englishman gets his reads, he should start to do damage to Paul, but this low total doesn’t give him enough time to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This fight is scheduled to be eight rounds, so there’s no need for Joshua to rush into a mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only one of Joshua’s past 16 fights has gone under this total. That was against Francis Ngannou, who is a former UFC champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the fact is, Ngannou had no head movement and showed worse boxing fundamentals than Paul will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul has never been knocked out. His one career loss was a split decision to Tommy Fury. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul vs. Joshua predictions made at 3:15 p.m. ET on Dec. 14, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jake Paul is turning heads by challenging former boxing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. The pre-fight narrative: Paul is 12-1 as a pro but is taking a massive leap in competition. His opponent is 28-4 with 24 knockouts and has been in the ring with some of the greatest heavyweight boxers of this generation. Because of that, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":387072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-387070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boxing","tag-boxing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPaul vs. Joshua predictions: Boxing picks for Dec. 19 | The Boost<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua predictions for their December 19. 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