Jake Paul claims he has agreement to fight Anthony Joshua and reveals date… but brother Logan fears he’s on DRUGS
JAKE PAUL claims he has an agreement to fight Anthony Joshua in 2026 – prompting his brother Logan to ask if he is on DRUGS.
YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake brazenly called out two-time heavyweight world champion AJ.
And even Logan – who is one year his senior – asked whether it was a prank or not.
He said: “You called out Anthony Joshua – were you on cocaine? Why did you do that?”
Jake, 28, responded: “To beat the heavyweight champion of the world. His chin’s gone.”
Logan, 29, replied: “But he’s still Anthony Joshua.”
To which Jake hit back: “Which is stiff, and no rythem and no skill. Just power.”
Logan asked once more if Jake was “serious” about the fight and he said with no hesitation: “Yeah. In 2026, we already talked.”
Jake first called out Joshua with a serious of savage swipes on his podcast.
He said: “I want to fight Anthony Joshua – exclusive – because I know I will f***ing beat Anthony Joshua’s ass.
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“He doesn’t have a chin, and he has no skill and he’s stiff. I love you Anthony, we’e friends, all this s*** but I want to fight you.”
That promoted AJ to quite literally call Jake’s bluff by phoning him up – with the two revealing their chat on the blower to tease a 2026 fight.
Joshua, 35, is coming off a September knockout loss to Daniel Dubois, 27, in September and a recent injury has delayed his return.
Jake meanwhile has 11 wins and only one loss as a boxer, coming via split-decision to Tommy Fury in 2023.
His most recent win was an eight-round points win over heavyweight great Mike Tyson, 58, in November.
The fight was marred in controversy amid the age gap but still a massive 100 MILLION tuned in to watch on Netflix.
It led Jake into shock talks for a May 3 cruiserweight bout against Mexican great Canelo Alvarez, 34, in Las Vegas.
But Canelo walked away from the deal to instead sign a four-fight deal with Saudi Arabia’s Turki Alalshikh.
So Jake turned his attention to AJ and promoter Eddie Hearn revealed his star client is on board for the bout.
Hearn predicted it would earn Joshua £100MILLION and sent out a fierce word of warning to prankster-gone-prizefighter Jake.
He told SunSport: “I wouldn’t be surprised if Jake did it, honestly, because I think he likes a challenge, but he likes the money.
“But medically, you’ve gotta be very careful in that fight because that’s dangerous.
“That’s no joke, you’re not fighting a 60 year old man, you’re fighting a heavyweight in his prime, that could actually remove your head from your neck and shoulders.
“It’s also the fight game, it’s prize fighting, so it’s definitely not a fight AJ’s phoning me out going, ‘Make the Jake Paul fight.’
“I don’t know, I mean the world is so mad we’d do it. But you can’t come out and go, AJ’s stiff, AJ’s got no chin… in 2026, I’ll be ready for him.’
“What about 2025? We don’t have an opponent yet, so if you really want the fight we’ll do it in 2025.
“But you might have to wait for AJ to get to 60 to give yourself a chance in that fight.”
Hearn has worked with Jake and his Most Valuable Promotions partner Nakisa Bidarian in the past.
That included Katie Taylor’s two thrilling wins over MVP poster girl Amanda Serrano and their anticipated trilogy bout on July 11.
But Hearn also admitted he had not yet officially reached out for talks with Jake’s camp over a fight with Joshua.
He said: “Once they said 2026, it’s just clickbait at that point.
“I do acknowledge that Jake is crazy enough, like the Canelo stuff was quite crazy.
“But at least Jake’s bigger than Canelo. He’s dwarfed by AJ in every manner.”