Logan Paul admits brother Jake’s boxing loss was the ‘logical’ outcome
Logan Paul has a lot of belief in his brother, but he wasn’t shocked by the ending of last Friday’s boxing match.
The December 19 Netflix boxing spectacle saw Jake Paul get knocked out by Anthony Joshua in the sixth round of their fight. Appearing on ESPN’s First Take, Logan reacted to the result and admitted that it was the logical conclusion, though Jake’s self-belief did make Logan feel he could upset the former heavyweight champion.
“From strictly a logical point of view, I actually think it went down exactly as it was supposed to. I’m not sure anyone really thought that Jake was going to beat Anthony Joshua,” Logan said. “But you have to understand, being his brother and in his close circle, he has this conviction that makes you believe. And he has this ability to defy reality and morph it into his vision of how it will transpire that makes you think he’ll win.
“But this [is] my opinion — this was a logical conclusion to the fight. The two-time Olympian broke the influencer boxer’s jaw. Like, okay, you know, we could have wrote it in a story and it would have made sense. That said, I think he did amazing. I’m incredibly proud of him. I think it was a net positive. I think the world can see now how tough Jake Paul is and how fearless he is. And that is why he’s in the position he is, because he has this delusional confidence that leads him to success and he doesn’t care what people think.”
Jake suffered a broken jaw in the fight, but Logan said he was in good spirits after and making TikTok videos.
“The guy loves his job and he loves life and he loves putting himself in situations where people don’t think he’s going to do the impossible. And time and time again, he does,” Logan said. “I’m proud of him and I love him very much.”
The Paul vs. Joshua fight is said to have done 33 million viewers on Netflix globally. Logan told First Take that he’s sure Jake will be back in the boxing ring but he does not know exactly when that will be.
While doing press to promote the boxing match, Jake Paul said he’d be interested in managing his brother in WWE and potentially working some matches one day.
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