Anthony Joshua had a few words of advice for Jake Paul following their fight on Friday night.
In the first knockout defeat of his career, the YouTuber-turned-boxer sustained a double broken jaw.
Many felt he did well to last six rounds and avoid being knocked out by Joshua.
Paul has claimed he will take some time to recover before continuing his pursuit of the world title he has been chasing.
Anthony Joshua had some thoughts on Jake Paul
After the fight, Joshua spoke about Paul at his press conference.
The two-time former heavyweight champion shared some words of respect and offered a bit of guidance for Paul going forward.
AJ said: “Credit to Jake. I’ll stand on that.
“If he would’ve beaten me, he would’ve bashed me. You know that, right?
“Imagine him up here now. They would’ve torn me and Eddie [Hearn] apart.
“I’m not going to do that to Jake. I’m going to give him the credit.
“But if he wants to stay at the top level at heavyweight, he needs to work harder.
“It’s a very difficult division to reign in.”
Anthony Joshua has his sights set on Tyson Fury
Joshua took his chance on the mic to call out Tyson Fury after picking up a comeback win.
The long-standing heavyweight rivals are reportedly set to meet in the latter half of 2026.
But before that happens, both fighters might take on others first to tune up for their all-British showdown.
Joshua has been mentioned as a potential opponent for kickboxing icon Rico Verhoeven in Saudi Arabia on 14 February.
Eddie Hearn has pointed to that date and location as likely for Joshua’s next fight, but nothing is confirmed yet.
Speaking after Paul vs Joshua, he said: “We’ve been talking about a possible fight with Turki Alalshikh. A couple of opponents mentioned. The biggest challenge is it’s eight weeks tonight.
“You know, he had a very tough camp. Eight or nine weeks with a team who gave him a good working over. We will sit down with that team and talk about when he will be ready to return.
“In an ideal world, that would be the time, but we are going to see when he is ready.
“Rico, or whoever it is, we haven’t finalised that yet.”
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