Joshua and Paul provide sorry spectacle and the worst is there’s more to come

The Miami bout was a bleak and blood-flecked affair but both men will find more opponents willing to take the money

Jake Paul suffered a double broken jaw during his defeat to Anthony Joshua. Pic: JC Ruiz/PA Wire.

Jake Paul’s mouth opened wide, and his eyes became huge glazed saucers, as he sank to the canvas in shock and awe after a pulverising right hand from Anthony Joshua finally ended the circus in Miami late on Friday night. It looked as if Paul was trying to say “Wow!” as the severity of impact registered in his scrambled brain.

Pinned in a corner of the ring midway through the sixth round, Paul could no longer run or cling to Joshua’s legs like a forlorn little boy as the gravity of boxing enveloped him. Instead, as he tried to absorb the punch that broke his jaw in two separate places, Paul was lost in his utterly stunned moment.