The Herd with Colin Cowherd - The Daniel Cormier Show - DC REACTS to Anthony Joshua KNOCKING OUT Jake Paul | Boxing Instant Reaction

Episode Date: December 21, 2025

Daniel Cormier IS BACK with his INSTANT REACTION to Anthony Joshua KNOCKING OUT Jake Paul in one of the craziest boxing matchups. Paul survived five rounds, and in the sixth round Joshua landed an INCREDIBLE right hand. DC gives his take on the main event of the night, and his take on what's next for both Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul. Plus, Cormier discusses if this means the end of Paul in the ring, or if this is proof he can continue to make a career out of boxing professionally. DC also gives his flowers to Jake for lasting as long as he did in the fight. #Volume All lines provided by Hard Rock BetSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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with unlimited 5G data that will not slow you down. All right, man, listen. So some people believe in fairy tales. Whoever believed that Jake Paul was going to win, that was an absolute fairy tale, I've got a friend in a group message that said, I just put $20 on Jake Paul to win. I was like, bro, you just wasted your money.

There was never a world in which Jake Paul was going to beat Anthony Joshua. It was always a matter of how the fight went in. So I watched all the pundits talking about the fight, even Rizendo, my boxing coach, I was like, does Anthony Joshua represent boxing? Everybody from that world felt like Anthony Joshua was representing boxing. And as the fight started to go on, first off, he was representing boxing, so they wanted him to get the job done, all right? First and foremost, you can't lose to a guy that's perceived to be a YouTuber, even though

today Jake Paul is more boxer than YouTuber. I've said this time and time again. When you have resources, when you can spend a million dollars a year on training camps, housing, food, coaches, this is not recreational anymore. He's a boxer. He's just not a boxer at that level. I ran into his brother in New York City. And I said to Logan, what parameters are in place, Logan? What safeguards do they have to make sure.

that Anthony Joshua doesn't hurt your brother. He said there are nothing. He goes, they're going to just straight fight. So in that regard, you got to give credit to Jake Paul. He fought Anthony Joshua. I swear to God, I thought it was a gimmick in the beginning.

I thought that's why he was calling guys out like myself, Tyrone Woodley, Anderson Silva. And then he lost to Tommy Fury. I was like, well, that's the last time he'll fight a boxer. But dude, dude's got balls. dude's got balls standing there with AJ who had been off so his chin is refreshed. He's ready to fight. So the fight starts.

Joshua cannot catch up to Jake. You can see very clearly that the game plan was for Paul to kind of run and frustrate Anthony Joshua over the course of his fight. And through the first few rounds, it was working. Hell, in the first round, neither one of them landed a damn punch. That's the problem with boxing. The problem with boxing is you can get these fights that have all this hype and nothing happens. In MMA, 90, 80% of the time, there's action.

Fight starts, there's not much action. The announcers even said they thought Jake might have won the first round because he landed one punch. I'm thinking to myself, this is a nightmare. The referee is completely lost. Jake is out there shooting double legs on AJ. The ref looked like he was going to take a point. Never took a point. You could just see Paul getting tired.

I also saw the referee gave him a break for a low blow when Jake shot a double in all AJ there was stuff his head. Nothing landed. Then when it showed it, what landed was he pulled Joshua on top of it, his knee hit him in the stomach. Hey, it was exactly what you thought it was going to be at points, but it was even better as the fight went on because you saw Joshua starting to kind of get off on it. uh pause um so anthry joshua is trying to find him as the fight goes longer all those big actions

the shots the big overhand rights all those things are starting to fatigue paul so joshua keeps stalking keep stalking i always say you can intimidate someone with your posture you can make yourself bigger than you actually are and that's what joshua did then he starts throwing the jab and he starts throwing the jab and He starts throwing the jab. Dude, by the fifth round, he knocked him down twice. I thought the fight was going to be over because he was going to knock him down again. Body shots, putting him down. Put Paul down twice.

Hats off to Jake. He kept trying to fight. He kept getting up when he could have quit on himself. At one point, he started limping. It looked like that was the moment he was going to throw in the town and say, you know what? I'm done. I'm injured. I'm hurt.

I don't want to do that. But hats off to him. He got up and he kept fight. We get to the sixth round and you can just tell it. So there were a lot of people that said Jake Paul can't go forward with you. Joshua was very smart and saying you got to respect any fighter. There were a few times where Jake actually landed those big overhand rights that he put Tyron Woodley down with. But Joshua just ate that.

And I think when Anthony saw he could take those punches and they can really do no damage to him, it even boosted his confidence more. Because then he got even more reckless in his approach to getting after Paul. I got a video. Rodrigo in video just watching the fight, so you got my reaction immediately after the fight. You'll see that at the end of the video. But in the sixth round,

you could just tell that this fight was over. You knew that Anthony Joshua was going to eventually land something that hurt Jake Paul. And you know how you know the boxing world wanted it to be brutal? Because Resendo was sitting here and he goes, I hope it gets knocked out bad. He didn't want him to get TKO. They wanted Paul to get absolutely destroyed.

And honestly, that right hand, oh my God, he took all of that right hand. You could see in his face, he was like, okay, now I understand boxing. Now I understand, like, at its worst, what boxing can be. Because he got hit clean by one of the biggest punchers, you know, acclaimed, a lot of accolades, world champion, heavyweight. And he went down and didn't get up. And honestly, I was hoping he didn't get up because it was only going to get worse. I thought Francis should have stayed down when Joshua hurt him bad. But a lot of times, fighters just don't really want to give up on themselves.

And that's why they get hurt worse. But it was exactly what it needed to be tonight for this fight and for this fight. It was fun. It was crazy at times with the wrestling and all the grabbing and the clenching, the referee saying the fans didn't pay for this shit, all the dirty tactics. And it ended in the way that it should. Sometimes a story ends in the way that the story should end. It always should have ended with Anthony Joshua knocking out Jake Paul.

And that's exactly what we got. But I think it's time that people give Paul some credit for what he did, what he has done for boxing. it is ability and willingness to stand in there with guys. Now I wonder, right, what's next? Does he go back to fighting people that don't belong in there with him? Or does he kind of continue this upwards path into fighting these super high-level boxers? Because for a guy that doesn't have the greatest record, now you might be seven and two, a guy that doesn't have the longest career, he's the only one outside of Connor that could fight this level of fight at his age.

experience and draw in the type of crowd that they drew in tonight. This has to be one of the biggest, one of the biggest fights AJ's had in a while in terms of visibility, in terms of people tuned it in, like looking, watching, excitement, expectation, and it was the least challenging and least threatening fight that he's had in a really long time. But it ended as it was supposed to. Anthony Joshua knocks out Jake Paul in the sixth round with a nasty, right? hand that put him down for the third time in the fight and ultimately ended the fight. Joshua represents boxing in a way that he should have.

Jake Paul now is still a boxer, but he got some rebuilding to do. But I tell you, man, I leave this with a little more like positive outlook on Paul because of what he did in there today and him actually going in there and fighting the world champion. Not many people would do that. Guys, hey, like, subscribe, tell you friends to tell. reference that these has got a YouTube channel. And I'm tapping in, I'm doing stuff like that.

Hey, some stories just in the way they're supposed to. In the story tonight, it ended like it was supposed to. Anthony Joshua was always supposed to knock out J-Paul. Boy, am I wrong? Rodrigo, am I wrong? Was that the end thing you expected? No, not. It was what supposed to happen, right?

Yeah, oh, yeah, sure. Well, imagine, come over here. Imagine, this is my boy Rodrigo, obviously you guys know from the ultimate fighter. What would have happened if he didn't knock him out? Would it look bad for boxing? They would have looked bad for boxing. Joshua. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. It would look bad for boxing. Thank goodness.

Thank goodness he knocked him up. All right, guys, until next time. Peace. Hey, guys, it's us. The Jonas Brothers. I'm Joe. I'm Kevin. And I'm Nick. And guess what? We created our own podcast called, Hey, Jonas. We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We have the first people to do podcasts.

We get to ask other people questions, because, We're sick and tired of being asked questions. Well, sick and tired is a strong way to put it, but, you know, tired and sick. Tired and sick. Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Just listen. We don't care where you hear it. What's up, fam? It's Isaiah Thomas. And I'm C.J. Toledano. It's our favorite time of the year on our podcast point game, the playoffs.

We're digging into the biggest surprises of the season. And I'm looking back on some of my greatest playoff moments. If we didn't talk ever again, I was funny. You just understood. That's how personal it got. Wow. Then after that game seven, Markeep coming to you. He's like, you know, I love you, dog.

You know, it's all love. This was just playoffs. This was just basketball. So listen to Point Game on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Turn someday into right now with Buddy by Jake Radio. Nonstop workout music and expert tips 24-7. Hey, head over to iHeart.com. Search Body by Jake Radio and stream it for free right now.

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Hey, it's Edwin Castro, also known as Castro 1021. And I'm Kunky, his best friend and business manager. And we've got a new show called The 1021 Podcast. I'm taking you behind the scenes on how I became one of Twitch's most popular stream. We also love sports. And with the World Cup right around the corner, we'll be breaking down the biggest storylines ahead of the big tournament here in the USA.

Listen to the 1021 podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Joey Dardano. And on my new podcast, Hope from a Hypocrite, I'll be changing lives, helping people in need with thoughtful solutions. Syke, I'm a comedian. I'm not qualified to give good advice.

Join me and my comedian friends as we riff rant recommend some of the most legally dubious advice known to me. This is Help from a Hypocrite, the worst advice from the dumbest people you know. Listen to Help from a Hypocrite Wednesdays on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts.

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