Benavidez Warns Jake Paul Is Strolling Right into a “Harmful” Lure In opposition to Joshua: Expertise Hole Might Get Him Obliterated on December 19

David Benavidez says Jake Paul is in a “harmful” scenario combating Anthony Joshua subsequent month of their bout on December nineteenth. He believes that Joshua’s big expertise benefit will likely be an excessive amount of for Paul (12-1, 7 KOs).

AJ’s Expertise Is the Distinction

It was introduced earlier as we speak that the previous two-time heavyweight champion Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) will struggle Paul on Netflix on the Kaseya Middle in Miami, Florida. Benavidez says that the final inexperienced fighter Joshua fought, Francis Ngannou, was evaporated in two rounds. He believes that Jake might undergo an analogous destiny.

“I’m going to be brutally sincere as I might be. I give 100% respect to Jake Paul, however that’s a harmful struggle for him. He in all probability will get knocked out,” mentioned David Benavidez to Struggle Hub TV, predicting a victory for Anthony Joshua over Jake Paul of their eight-round contest on December nineteenth.

Joshua’s Weak First Rounds

Joshua could be the one who will get knocked out on this struggle if he will get hit clear by Jake Paul within the first two rounds. AJ was knocked down within the first spherical by Daniel Dubois of their struggle on September 21, 2024. It got here with simply 0:06 remaining within the first spherical. Paul has an opportunity if he can get Joshua in hassle early within the contest earlier than he’s acquired his offense ramped up. Nonetheless, the longer the struggle goes, the much less likelihood Jake has of successful. He’s acquired to catch Joshua chilly.

“I’m not attempting to be a hater and say nothing dangerous. However Anthony Joshua is Anthony Joshua. He’s a multi-time champion, an Olympic [2012] gold medalist. The final time somebody stepped within the ring with him who didn’t have that a lot boxing expertise was [Francis] Ngannou. You noticed what occurred to him,” mentioned Benavidez.

Ngannou isn’t nearly as good a boxer as Jake Paul. He’s an MMA man who took up boxing briefly and has stopped combating after shedding back-to-back fights that he didn’t price in opposition to Joshua and Tyson Fury. He appeared respectable in opposition to the shell of Fury, however solely due to how a lot ‘The Gypsy King’ has misplaced from his sport because of age. Fury has developed dangerous habits of utilizing his measurement to lean on his opponents. That method didn’t work in opposition to Ngannou together with his grappling expertise.

Cash Is Driving This Matchup

“Massive respect to Jake Paul. It’s going to be card. It’s going to be an enormous, large struggle. It’s struggle. I give 100% respect to Jake Paul for even taking that struggle,” mentioned Benavidez. “It’s some huge cash. They’re going to generate some huge cash with that struggle. So, I’m fairly certain that’s 100% why he took that struggle,” mentioned Benavidez when requested why Joshua agreed to struggle Jake Paul.

After all, cash is the #1 cause Joshua agreed to struggle Jake Paul. As Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn identified, AJ can earn more money combating him than he can anybody else however Tyson Fury. And with him, the dough could be equal.

The opposite cause Joshua is combating Paul is that he’s been inactive for over a yr and is coming off a fifth-round knockout loss to Daniel Dubois on September 21, 2024. Hearn mentioned that the choice was for AJ to take a “run-out” struggle in opposition to a prime 100-ranked fighter on the undercard.

The cash he would have made in that struggle would have been subsequent to nothing. Furthermore, there could be little worth for Joshua in combating a lower-level man who would give him nothing when it comes to a aggressive struggle. Jake Paul is an even bigger payday, and there’s a likelihood Joshua might lose as a result of this man has energy. If Joshua will get reckless, Paul will knock him out.