{"id":6488,"date":"2025-11-22T09:39:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T08:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=6488"},"modified":"2025-11-22T11:46:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:46:06","slug":"tyson-fury-picks-jake-paul-to-knock-out-anthony-joshua-a-prediction-that-says-more-about-psychology-than-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/tyson-fury-picks-jake-paul-to-knock-out-anthony-joshua-a-prediction-that-says-more-about-psychology-than-boxing\/","title":{"rendered":"**Tyson Fury Picks Jake Paul to Knock Out Anthony Joshua:  A Prediction That Says More About Psychology Than Boxing**"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3007\" data-end=\"3376\">When Tyson Fury predicts that Jake Paul will knock out Anthony Joshua, it\u2019s not a random hot take. Fury is a chess player in a world of punchers \u2014 a fighter whose words often hit harder than his gloves. His prediction is less about Jake Paul\u2019s power and more about Anthony Joshua\u2019s current vulnerabilities\u2026 and perhaps an early attempt to destabilize a future opponent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"rtl\">\ud83e\udd4a Jake Paul \ud83c\udd9a Anthony Joshua<br \/>First face-off ahead of their December 19 clash on Netflix \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udca5<br \/>Your prediction? \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd4a \u062c\u064a\u0643 \u0628\u0648\u0644 \ud83c\udd9a \u0623\u0646\u062a\u0648\u0646\u064a \u062c\u0648\u0634\u0648\u0627<br \/>\u0623\u0648\u0644 \u0645\u0648\u0627\u062c\u0647\u0629 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0638\u0631\u0627\u062a \u0642\u0628\u0644 \u0635\u062f\u0627\u0645 19 \u062f\u064a\u0633\u0645\u0628\u0631 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0646\u062a\u0641\u0644\u064a\u0643\u0633 \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udca5<br \/>\u062a\u0648\u0642\u0639\u0627\u062a\u0643\u0645\u061f \ud83e\udd2f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/boxe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#boxe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9Mz0jyl0fB\">pic.twitter.com\/9Mz0jyl0fB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mmamag.ma (@jamalsoussi10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamalsoussi10\/status\/1992139786006712815?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3378\" data-end=\"3434\"><strong data-start=\"3382\" data-end=\"3434\">Anthony Joshua: A champion searching for himself<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3435\" data-end=\"3646\">Joshua\u2019s aura has changed.<br data-start=\"3461\" data-end=\"3464\" \/>Fourteen months of inactivity followed by a devastating knockout loss to Daniel Dubois have left psychological scars. The rhythm, the sharpness, the swagger \u2014 all have been shaken.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3648\" data-end=\"3785\">Fury senses this shift.<br data-start=\"3671\" data-end=\"3674\" \/>He knows that a heavyweight who starts doubting himself becomes predictable, hesitant, and ultimately beatable.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3787\" data-end=\"3833\"><strong data-start=\"3791\" data-end=\"3833\">Jake Paul: Not just a YouTuber anymore<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3834\" data-end=\"4047\">Dismiss Jake Paul all you want \u2014 his evolution is real.<br data-start=\"3889\" data-end=\"3892\" \/>His confidence is rising, his physique has adapted to heavyweight standards, and his style, though unorthodox, has become more structured and aggressive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4049\" data-end=\"4205\">Fury is not praising Paul; he is acknowledging momentum.<br data-start=\"4105\" data-end=\"4108\" \/>Joshua is rebuilding.<br data-start=\"4129\" data-end=\"4132\" \/>Paul is rising.<br data-start=\"4147\" data-end=\"4150\" \/>Momentum often decides fights more than technique does.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4207\" data-end=\"4255\"><strong data-start=\"4211\" data-end=\"4255\">A genuine belief or a psychological jab?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4256\" data-end=\"4325\">Make no mistake:<br data-start=\"4272\" data-end=\"4275\" \/>Fury\u2019s prediction is aimed at Joshua, not at Paul.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4327\" data-end=\"4445\">When he says,<br data-start=\"4340\" data-end=\"4343\" \/><strong data-start=\"4343\" data-end=\"4371\">\u201cJake Paul by knockout,\u201d<\/strong><br data-start=\"4371\" data-end=\"4374\" \/>what he really means is:<br data-start=\"4398\" data-end=\"4401\" \/><strong data-start=\"4401\" data-end=\"4445\">\u201cJoshua isn\u2019t the threat he used to be.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4447\" data-end=\"4542\">It\u2019s a classic Fury tactic \u2014 weaken your rival\u2019s mental armor long before the first bell rings.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4544\" data-end=\"4575\"><strong data-start=\"4548\" data-end=\"4575\">The uncomfortable truth<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4576\" data-end=\"4785\">On paper, Jake Paul beating Anthony Joshua is unlikely.<br data-start=\"4631\" data-end=\"4634\" \/>But that\u2019s not the point.<br data-start=\"4659\" data-end=\"4662\" \/>Fury wants Joshua to enter the ring carrying one extra burden: doubt.<br data-start=\"4731\" data-end=\"4734\" \/>And doubt is the one punch that always lands clean.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4787\" data-end=\"4805\"><strong data-start=\"4791\" data-end=\"4805\">In the end<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4806\" data-end=\"5046\">Tyson Fury\u2019s prediction is less a forecast and more a strategic narrative.<br data-start=\"4880\" data-end=\"4883\" \/>He is shaping the psychological terrain before he steps onto it \u2014 painting Joshua as a fading force and Jake Paul as a disruptor capable of rewriting expectations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5048\" data-end=\"5111\">In boxing, stories matter.<br data-start=\"5074\" data-end=\"5077\" \/>Fury just wrote the first chapter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Tyson Fury predicts that Jake Paul will knock out Anthony Joshua, it\u2019s not a random hot take. Fury is a chess player in a world of punchers \u2014 a fighter whose words often hit harder than his gloves. His prediction is less about Jake Paul\u2019s power and more about Anthony Joshua\u2019s current vulnerabilities\u2026 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6488","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxe","8":"category-boxing-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6490,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6488\/revisions\/6490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}