MIAMI — Anthony Joshua has weighed in under the 245lb weight limit placed on him for his clash with Jake Paul this Friday at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida.
Joshua, a career-long heavyweight and former two-time champion, was given the restriction to provide Paul, a YouTuber-turned-boxer who was originally scheduled to face lightweight titleholder Gervonta Davis at 180lbs last month, with a relative advantage.
This was the first time Joshua, who weighed in at 252.3lbs for his last contest against Daniel Dubois, has had to make weight in his entire boxing career. The lowest he has weighed was 229lbs back in 2013 against Hrvoje Kisicek. Joshua stepped on the scales at 243.4lbs, his lightest since weighing 240lbs for his first defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in 2021.
“I can’t wait to eat,” said Joshua as he stepped off the scales.
Paul weighed in at 216.6lbs, 17lbs more than he weighed for his last contest against Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr and 11lbs lighter than when he faced Mike Tyson in his only other heavyweight bout.
Full list of weights:
8x3 heavyweight
Jake Paul - 216.6lbs
Anthony Joshua - 243.4lbs
12x3 WBA, WBO, IBF lightweight
Alycia Baumgardner - 129.2lbs
Leila Beaudoin - 130lbs
10x2 WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF junior featherweight
Cherneka Johnson - 117.0lbs
Amanda Galle - 117.4lbs
10x2 WBC lightweight
Caroline Dubois - 134.2lbs
Camilla Panatta - 134.2lbs
10x2 WBC strawweight
Yokasta Valle - 104.8lbs
Yadira Bustillos - 104.6lbs
6x3 cruiserweight
Anderson Silva - 191.4lbs
Tyron Woodley - 194lbs
8x3 welterweight
Avious Griffin - 146.4lbs
Justin Cardona - 145.6lbs
6x3 junior lightweight
Jahmal Harvey - 129.6lbs
Kevin Cervantes - 130lbs
4x3 cruiserweight
Keno Marley - 198.6lbs
Diarra Davis Jnr - 188.4lbs
