Anthony Joshua overwhelms Jake Paul in six to restore boxing sanity in Miami

YouTuber stopped in sixth after four knockdownsTrump weighs in on fight from Air Force OneVictor eyes Fury after hospitalizing Paul with broken jawWomen’s boxing shines on Miami undercardJake Paul v Anthony Joshua – as it happenedAnthony Joshua did what he was meant to do on Friday night in Miami: he lay waste to Jake Paul’s bravest and most controversial experiment in boxing with a destructive victory that felt less like a sporting result than the restoration of sanity.In their scheduled eight-round heavyweight bout at the Kaseya Center, streamed globally to Netflix’s roughly 300 million subscribers, the former twice unified heavyweight champion scored four knockdowns before stopping the YouTuber-turned-boxer in the sixth round of a mismatch that had prompted weeks of safety fears and moral hand-wringing. Joshua’s triumph, on a night purpose-built as much for memes as for punches, served as a reminder that boxing still adheres to its elemental laws and that power and pedigree eventually reassert themselves. Continue reading...