Anthony Joshua calls out Tyson Fury after leaving Jake Paul in hospital in controversial Netflix fight - latest

An unhappy Anthony Joshua refused to call his way over Jake Paul a “success” and said he “needed to do better” against the American in what was his first fight in 15 months.

“I think my coach expects more from me, and I expect more for myself,” Joshua said.

“But what can we do? We can't reverse the clock. I have to move forward. I have to put that in the past now. After today, you may see a bit of social media trying to lap up all of the algorithm attention, but for me, it's in the past. I can't live off of that win.

“I've got a lot of improvement that I need to do, so yeah, I'm not happy.”

Yes, ‘AJ’ was underwhelming by his own admission, but Paul’s approach to the fight is what should really leave a sour taste in the mouth.

Anthony Joshua has demanded Tyson Fury to “talk with his fists” and face him in 2026 to settle their differences in a British super fight.

AJ dispatched Jake Paul in six rounds, overcoming a frustrating opening against his overmatched opponent.

“I had a 15 month layoff, we shook off the cobwebs. If Tyson is as serious as he thinks he is, if he wants to put down his Twitter fingers and put on some gloves, and come and fight in the ring, take a challenge, step in the ring with me next if you’re a real bad boy, don’t give all that talking, AJ this, AJ that, let’s see you in the ring and talk with your fists.”

Anthony Joshua stopped Jake Paul in their boxing match on Friday, knocking down the YouTuber multiple times en route to a sixth-round win.

There was no debate about the legitimacy of this fight come round six, as Joshua scored a fourth and final knockdown, sending an exhausted Paul to his knees in the corner of the ring.

Paul, 28, had beaten the referee’s count on three previous occasions but could not this time, as he was counted out and beaten for the second time in his pro career. Meanwhile, Joshua bounced back from his stoppage defeat by Daniel Dubois in 2024 by securing victory in the Kaseya Center.

US president Donald Trump congratulated Jake Paul on showing “great courage” against Anthony Joshua, claiming the fight was “fantastic entertainment”.

In a post on his Truth Social, published as Trump left a rally in North Carolina, the president said: “On the plane I just got to watch the Jake Paul fight, and he did really well, especially as a display of GREAT courage against a very talented and large Anthony Joshua. Fantastic entertainment, but kudos to Jake for his stamina, and frankly, ability, against a much bigger man!”

Anthony Joshua revealed he questioned himself and his boxing career after the defeat to Daniel Dubois in September 2024 but says he is now “hungry for more” after ending his spell out of the ring.

“I wanted to fight. So the question I was asking myself, do I actually want to fight? The only way I'm going to find out is if I get in the ring and have a feel for it. So, getting in the ring today, I definitely want to fight, but I definitely want to get better as well.

“So, I'm hungry for more. I'm hungry to get back on that gravy chain and just continue everything that I kind of left behind in 2025. I had a a tough defeat in my last fight and I just want to pick up and move forward again.

“I'm glad that I got back in the ring and I figured out that this is where I want to be. It was a real test for me to figure out if I still want to continue or not. And this was a a good eye-opener to say this is where I want to be. I want to get back in the ring and go again.”

Anthony Joshua said he would prefer to face Tyson Fury in his next fight rather than staging another warm-up bout in the interim.

“We can do that, by the way,” Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn said during his fighter’s post-match press conference. “Straight away. No interim fights.

“If Tyson's ready and AJ's ready, we don't have to fight in February or March.”

“Give the doser eight weeks,” Joshua said, while mimicking Fury’s voice. “24 hours to sign a contract. Let's see if he's a man!”

Former world cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew claimed “everyone won” following Anthony Joshua’s knockout victory over Jake Paul and said boxing should celebrate the fact that a broken jaw was the worst of Paul’s injuries.

“The most important thing imo is he didn’t leave him permanently hurt!” Bellew said.

“I believe everyone won last night... Fair play to Jake Paul, he tried everything he could to survive! AJ does what he set out to do which is stop Jake Paul! Boxing is and always will be the ultimate 1v1 sport!”

Compubox’s statistics for the fight have listed Paul, 28, as having landed a meagre 16 punches from 56 thrown in the five-and-a-half completed rounds. Still, some viewers will have been impressed that Paul even managed to land that many.

Meanwhile, Joshua is credited with 48 successful punches from 154 thrown. That puts his percentage of success at 33 per cent, while Paul’s stands at 29 per cent.

Anthony Joshua has come in for criticism over his performance against Jake Paul, having taken six rounds to stop the YouTuber-turned-boxer.

Joshua, a former two-time world heavyweight champion, fought Paul in a professional heavyweight fight on Friday. That meant knockouts were allowed, with many fans craving an early KO defeat for Paul in Miami.