Former world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua says he is excited with the opportunity to shed weight in order to be eligible for his upcoming fight against Jake Paul.
Sports247 reports that ‘AJ’ will battle the American social media influencer this Friday, ahead of which one of the rules was that the 36-year-old Nigerian-born pugilist must reduce his weight.
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With the highly controversial fight night now around the corner at Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, USA, Joshua said he has nothing against how he was contractually obliged to cut weight down to 245 pounds.
As Anthony Olaseni Oluwafemi gets set to step into the ring against the 28-year-old YouTuber, who has only faced two active professional boxers, and lost one, Joshua is satisfied with the weight restriction that was imposed to even him up with Paul’s status.
“I feel great. I’m blessed, I feel happy that this task was put upon me because I wouldn’t have pushed myself to get to a certain weight.
“I would have just been doing what I do usually. I feel really good. So, I think it was a blessing in disguise,” Joshua retorted.
