‘Doing good’ – Jake Paul reveals his staggering scorecard for Anthony Joshua fight

Jake Paul has suggested he won the first two rounds of his defeat to Anthony Joshua in a staggering post-fight take.

The influencer-turned-fighter was risking his in a bout with former heavyweight king Joshua, and so it proved.

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He was brutally beaten inside six rounds, and was rarely able to land a punch on the Briton who proved levels above.

Paul was forced to spend most of his time in the ring on the move, trying to stay away from Joshua’s formidable punching power.

Before he was savagely stopped in the sixth stanza, having been left with a broken jaw in two places after four knockdowns.

The official scorecards saw Paul not handed a single round, with the tallies all reading at 50-43 to Joshua at the time of the stoppage.

But the ‘Problem Child’ believes he was performing well in the bout early on before the tide turned in the third round, according to his scorecard.

He said: “It’s not that hard to get your a** beat. I won two rounds then he won two, then I got dropped.

“But I was doing good, my cardio, just the mental pressure of the big guy, and sparring the big people is different than the 10oz gloves so I was feeling his power a lot more.

“It was a great experience, I learnt a lot in there. I wish I had more than like three weeks to put on more muscle so I could really hit him. My biggest mistake was not doing altitude training.

“I see where I could have done better so I’m a little disappointed but I also know how good he is. I had him wobbled at one point, but he had his hands up better this fight.”

Paul’s claim appears nothing more than to try and restore his reputation, but it was a damaging defeat in his first huge step-up.

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He now faces a spell out of the ring with injuries, and despite claiming he ‘wobbled’ Joshua, the Briton has big plans for 2026.

Joshua camp responds to Paul’s claim he ‘wobbled’ heavyweight

Ultimately it was a sour defeat for Paul, despite boasting of a huge $70 million payout upon his way back home for the Christmas period.

And his suggestion that he had the better of Joshua seems extremely ambitious according to the vast majority of viewers.

None more than AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn, who was ringside, and he quickly laughed off Paul’s delusional statement.

He said: There was probably a round which was close because nobody did anything.

“He definitely didn’t wobble AJ! But he landed his biggest shots, a couple of right hands from the gods, but he’s not big enough and doesn’t punch hard enough.

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“I’m sure it got [Joshua’s] attention but he certainly wasn’t wobbled. He also held his feet and threw. He didn’t not throw any punches.

“He was so far out of his depth, it was always a horrendous mismatch. You can’t expect him to trade [punches]! His job was to survive, and look how far he got.”