Jake Paul v Anthony Joshua: Eddie Hearn
5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce
BBC
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Is a two-time heavyweight world champion really fighting a YouTuber-turned-boxer in Miami this weekend? Yes. And that’s where Buncey is as fight week for Jake Paul v Anthony Joshua gets underway. To kick things off, he sits down with AJ’s long-time promoter Eddie Hearn to explain how the fight came about and to reflect on the highs and lows of their 12-year working relationship.
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| 0:11.1 | You know, the Christmas songs you listen to on repeat. |
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| 0:37.6 | This is Five Live Boxing. |
| 0:40.5 | Now it's the weekend before Christmas and boxing, well you know it never stops. |
| 0:44.8 | Santa never stops delivering fights. |
| 0:47.3 | Lagos Leeds, Accra and obviously Miami. |
| 0:52.0 | Well guess where I am? |
| 0:52.9 | Yep, you got it. |
| 0:53.7 | I'm in Miami. And it's storming. I'm not |
| 0:55.9 | trying to make you feel sorry for me. I'm just telling you, it's not sunny, it's storming. |
| 1:01.1 | And it's AJ. Anthony Joshua, the two-time heavyweight champion of the world against one of |
| 1:07.6 | boxing's biggest attractions. No, I'm not announcing the Tyson Fury fight. It's Jake Paul. |
| 1:13.5 | And that's true, by the way. He is one of boxing's biggest attractions. Now, this week in Miami is well and truly underway. |
| 1:21.5 | Now, I usually sit down with Barry Jones or Darren Barker or Richie Wood or no. I've sacked the trio, which of course means none of them are in Miami. |
| 1:30.3 | And instead I've sat down with Eddie Hearn, |
| 1:33.3 | AJ's lifelong promoter, to talk about this deal, |
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