Jake Paul Trolls Anthony Joshua With Hilarious Throwback Post

As December 19 inches closer, the Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua hype machine is firing on all cylinders. The matchup closes out 2025 with a Netflix-streamed fight that nobody expected, yet somehow everyone wants to see. To add fuel to the fire, Jake Paul jumped on X and delivered a throwback post tailor-made to stir the internet: 'In 2012 Anthony Joshua won the Olympic gold medal in boxing, but I won my local (very competitive btw) wrestling tournament. I was the best out of all 6 wrestlers that showed up. We are not the same.'

The post instantly went viral — equal parts trolling, self-deprecating comedy, and pure promotional gold. Paul has leaned into these moments throughout the buildup, and this one might be his best yet, framing the matchup as a battle between Olympic pedigree and youth-wrestling supremacy.

Anthony Joshua also posted on X with his own flavor of showmanship. Joshua played it cool and cinematic with a message pulled straight from Apollo Creed in Rocky III: 'There is no tomorrow.' It’s a line that carries heavyweight energy — a reminder that for all the memes floating around, Joshua is treating December 19 with the seriousness of a man stepping into a high-risk global showcase.

With both fighters engaging in playful back-and-forth, the pre-fight energy is exactly what fans hoped for: entertaining, dramatic, and impossible to ignore. The stage is set for Miami, where trolling gives way to punches, movie quotes give way to ring walks, and the biggest surprise fight of the year finally becomes real.