Analysis from Anthony Joshua's KO win over Jake Paul

Anthony Joshua stopped Jake Paul in the sixth round of their heavyweight boxing match Friday. theScore's Nick Baldwin provided analysis of each round as the two squared off at Kaseya Center in Miami.

12:03 a.m. - Official result: Anthony Joshua def. Jake Paul via KO at 1:31 of Round 6. Read full recap here.

Round 6 🥊

Joshua drops Paul again 25 seconds in. Paul gets up and says he wants to continue. Big uppercut from Joshua. Paul sticks his tongue out. Joshua is going in for the kill. He knocks Paul down with a big punch. The referee waves it off! Joshua wins.

Round 5 🥊

The fight is heating up now. Paul is winging big shots but missing. Joshua is coming forward. Joshua drops Paul! He's OK. 1:15 left in the round. Joshua drops him again! Paul is up. Fifty-two seconds. Joshua lands some big shots late.

theScore scores the round 10-8, Joshua.

Round 4 🥊

Joshua starts the round with a sharp jab that snaps Paul's head back. Paul lands a flurry of punches and a jab. Joshua tags Paul with an uppercut. Paul keeps slipping and falling to the canvas. At the end of the round, Paul goes for a takedown! This is getting out of hand.

theScore scores the round 10-9, Joshua.

Round 3 🥊

Joshua is getting a bit more aggressive. Paul lands a jab, his best shot of the fight so far. Joshua gets in some good punches in the clinch and also lands a nice body shot. Paul keeps grabbing hold of Joshua, clearly trying to avoid damage. He's slowing down a bit.

theScore scores the round 10-9, Joshua.

Round 2 🥊

Joshua continues to walk down Paul, but he hasn't landed much of consequence yet. It feels like he's waiting to land a big shot. Paul has done a good job of staying out of danger.

theScore scores the round 10-9, Joshua.

Round 1 🥊

Joshua takes the center of the ring immediately, stalking Paul. Joshua lands a glancing right hand but otherwise a feeling-out process in Round 1.

theScore scores the round 10-9, Joshua.

11:35 p.m. - Bell rings, here we go!

11:28 p.m. - Paul is coming out now alongside rapper 6ix9ine. He's wearing Hulkamania gear.

11:24 p.m. - Alright, it's finally time. Joshua is walking out to the ring first to "What We Do" by rapper Freeway.

11:18 p.m. - The national anthems are happening now. Walkouts up next.

11:03 p.m. - The main event is moments away. Eight rounds of heavyweight boxing between Paul and Joshua. They closed at +750 and -950 on theScore Bet, respectively. Who are you picking to win?

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10:47 p.m. - Official result: Alycia Baumgardner def. Leila Beaudoin via unanimous decision (117-110, 117-110, 118-109) to retain WBO, IBF, and WBA women's junior lightweight titles.

10:44 p.m. - The co-main event is over. Alycia Baumgardner cruised past Leila Beaudoin and will get the judges' nod.

10:23 p.m. - Baumgardner drops Beaudoin with a right hand in the final second of the seventh round! Beaudoin survives, but Baumgardner is in control.

10:20 p.m. - Round 6 of Baumgardner-Beaudoin comes to an end. It's been a tactical matchup so far. Baumgardner is likely ahead, but she isn't dominating. Beaudoin is still in the fight.

9:50 p.m. - It's time for the co-main event. Alycia Baumgardner is walking to the ring to defend her WBO, IBF, and WBA women's junior lightweight titles against Leila Beaudoin. The fight is being contested over 12 three-minute rounds, which is a rarity for women's boxing.

9:45 p.m. - The betting public likes Paul to pull off the massive upset against Joshua. Ninety-three percent of the wagers on theScore Bet are on Paul to emerge victorious. The odds have also gotten a bit closer, with Joshua sitting at -950 and Paul at +750.

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9:24 p.m. - Official result: Anderson Silva def. Tyron Woodley via TKO at 1:33 of Round 2. Read full recap here.

9:20 p.m. - Silva drops Woodley in the second round, and the referee decides to wave off the fight. Silva, a former UFC middleweight champion and one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time, wins his comeback fight at the age of 50.

9:10 p.m. - Former UFC champions Anderson Silva and Tyron Woodley are walking to the ring now. They're scheduled to square off in a six-round cruiserweight bout. Silva was supposed to fight Chris Weidman in a trilogy bout, but Weidman was unable to make it to the event after suffering an injury in training.

Silva is back for the first time since a unanimous decision loss to Paul in October 2022, while Woodley is stepping into the ring for the first time since a knockout defeat to Paul in December 2021.

9:05 p.m. - Boxing analyst Andre Ward says on the broadcast he believes Joshua's career "will be over" if he loses to Paul.

"It's not gonna be good. ... He may fight on, but it's essentially over," Ward says. "Nobody will believe in him anymore."

8:55 p.m. - Paul has arrived at Kaseya Center for the biggest fight of his career. He's carrying a cane and wearing a skin-tight muscle shirt and a chain necklace.

8:51 p.m. - Official result: Jahmal Harvey def. Kevin Cervantes via unanimous decision (60-53, 60-53, 60-53).

8:49 p.m. - Harvey cruises past Cervantes to improve to 2-0 as a professional. He scored a knockdown in the first round and outlanded his opponent 185-37 throughout the fight.

8:21 p.m. - It's time for the first fight. We have three undercard bouts before Paul-Joshua. First up are super featherweights Jahmal Harvey and Kevin Cervantes.

8:15 p.m. - Joshua is in the building for tonight's highly anticipated showdown with Paul, arriving in an all-camo fit.

8:00 p.m. - The broadcast has begun. We're just hours away from the biggest test of Paul's boxing career, an eight-round bout against former two-time unified heavyweight champion Joshua.

This fight came together just over a month ago. Paul was scheduled to face WBA lightweight champion Gervonta "Tank" Davis on Nov. 14, but he moved on from that matchup due to Davis' ongoing legal issues and agreed to face Joshua instead.

Joshua is returning to the ring for the first time since September 2024, when he suffered a surprise knockout loss to Daniel Dubois in an IBF heavyweight title bout. The 36-year-old Englishman was on a hot streak going into that fight, having won four in a row, and he's hoping to get back into the heavyweight title mix.

This is Paul's second fight of the year. The 28-year-old American earned a unanimous decision over former middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in June. Of course, his most notable victory to date came against Mike Tyson in November 2024, which marked Netflix's first foray into boxing. Netflix has held several other boxing events since then, and the streaming giant is closing out the year with a bang with Paul-Joshua.

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Here's a full look at the main card:

• Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua
• Alycia Baumgardner vs. Leila Beaudoin
• Anderson Silva vs. Tyron Woodley
• Jahmal Harvey vs. Kevin Cervantes

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