Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua fight live updates: Scorecard, results, start time tonight, full card

The epic showdown gets underway on Friday night from the Kaseya Center in Miami

It's put up or shut up night for Jake Paul. Paul faces Anthony Joshua in by far the biggest test of the social media star's transition to boxing on Friday at Miami's Kaseya Center.

Though slightly past his prime, Joshua is an elite heavyweight, with all the size, skills and power that implies. A former Olympic gold medalist, Joshua has twice been undisputed champion during his professional career. Though he's coming off a brutal knockout loss to Daniel Dubois in his most recent outing, Joshua is the most dangerous opponent Paul has ever faced.

To this point in his career, Paul has fought a string of social media influencers, former mixed martial artists, club-level boxers and former world champions well past their prime, such as his fight with 57-year-old Mike Tyson. Paul now takes a true risk of Friday night, as he has no obvious advantage against a proven, far more experienced fighter.

CBS Sports will be with you throughout the entire way on Friday, beginning with the start of the main card broadcast at 8 p.m. ET, so be sure to follow along with the live results and highlights below. Be sure to check out our predictions and expert picks for the main event.

Joshua vs. Paul fight card, odds

Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook

• Anthony Joshua -1200 vs. Jake Paul +700, heavyweights
• Alycia Baumgardner (c) -1400 vs. Leila Beaudoin +750, unified junior lightweight title
• Anderson Silva -275 vs. Tyron Woodley +210, cruiserweights
• Jahmal Harvey -3500 vs. Kevin Cervantes +1300, junior lightweights

[Dec 19, 2025 at 5:50 pm ET · Brent Brookhouse]

In our full preview and prediction for Paul vs. Joshua, there was no real surprise. If Paul is going to score the upset, it's going to come by Hail Mary knockout, barring some of the most shocking in-ring action in history.

From our official fight prediction:

Look, what is there to say? If Jake Paul wins, it would be legitimately shocking. It would be a sport-shaking result -- and one many would refuse to accept as legitimate, no matter how little sense a fix would make. Joshua is bigger, stronger, more technical, has more power and high-level experience against some of the best fighters in the world. Paul has ... fought some guys people know who have all come into the fight with at least some degree of disadvantage.

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Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua fight predictions, undercard, odds, start time for showdown in Miami

Brent Brookhouse

[Dec 19, 2025 at 5:14 pm ET · Brent Brookhouse]

There are some intriguing prop bets for tonight's fight between Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua and they say a lot about how the oddsmakers believe the fight will play out.

According to DraftKings, the most likely outcome is Joshua via KO/TKO/DQ at -380. The most likely round for that stoppage? Round 1 at +300. Paul to be knocked down at any point in the fight is -500. The total under is set at 2.5 rounds at -145. That all shows a nearly complete lack of faith in Paul's ability to even make it to the scorecards.