Joshua on weight for Paul fight as undercard confirmed

With only more than two weeks left, Anthony Joshua is on weight for his heavyweight bout with Jake Paul.

On December 19th, the British boxer and YouTuber square off in a six-round fight in Miami.

Joshua, 36, is unable to compete in weights greater than 17st 7lbs (111 kg).

Joshua posted a video of himself on the scales who claimed to be 110 kg and on track to lose it quickly on social media.

They must have forgotten, they must have. Joshua said, “I’m used to dealing with big weights and scales.”

The weight gap is a hot topic because Joshua is a two-time heavyweight world champion and Paul, 28, mostly practices at cruiserweight for the majority of his boxing career.

Before agreeing to weigh in at 17st 7lb (111kg), Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn claimed Paul’s team wanted the Watford fighter even lighter.

Heavyweights have a tradition of not cutting any weight. For his fight against Mike Tyson last year, Paul weighed 16st 3lbs (103 kg).

The Paul-Anthony fight night main event will kick off with the featherweight fight between American Olympian Jahmal Harvey and Kevin Cervantes.

The final fight on the main card, which will feature four fights, is anticipated to be the six-round contest.

When Harvey, 23, takes on Cervantes, a fellow unbeaten prospect, in his second professional fight.

The co-main event features Alycia Baumgardner’s super-featherweight world title defenses against Leila Beaudoin.

After vacating her WBC belt earlier this year in protest of the sanctioning bodies’ refusal to provide 12 three-minute rounds for women’s bouts, the American is now defending her WBO, WBA, and IBF titles.

The main event also features a boxing match between Tyron Woodley and Anderson Silva, who was formerly a UFC rival.

Silva was scheduled to fight him in a six-round cruiserweight bout, but Woodley was forced to withdraw due to an injury.

The preliminary card features two world title fights, with Yokasta Valle and Yadira Bustillos contesting the WBC strawweight belt while Cherneka Johnson fights Amanda Galle to defend her undisputed bantamweight title.

Main card for Paul v. Joshua on December 20 at 1:00 GMT.

preliminary card for Paul v. Joshua on December 19 at 21:45 p.m. et.