ANTHONY JOSHUA admitted “I’m not happy” after beating Jake Paul via sixth round knockout.
The two-time heavyweight champion struggled to land in the early rounds but never looked in danger against the Problem Child.
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Joshua, 36, rocked his opponent in the fifth stanza, twice knocking him to the canvas.
Then in round six it was over, Joshua finishing a deadly combination with a lethal right hand.
In his post-fight press conference, AJ was asked if he considered his night’s work a success.
The Watford bruiser said: “No. I needed to do better. I needed to do better, yeah. It’s a win, but it’s not a success.
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“I think my coach expects more from me and I expect more from myself.”
Joshua, who called out Tyson Fury in the ring, added: “I have to move forward. I have to put that in the past now. I can’t live off of that win. I’ve got a lot of my improvement I need to do.
“I’m not happy.”
The British boxing legend continued: “I took Jake as seriously as I needed to. And I know what it takes to get in the ring – you have to be prepared.
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Anthony Joshua beat Jake Paul in a Netflix superfight in Miami – but viewing fans were not impressed with what they saw.
The two-time heavyweight champion was expected to steamroll the former YouTuber but it took him SIX rounds to get rid of the game American.
Paul was down four times in the fight but fans, commentators and even the referee criticised the pair for a lack of action and punches thrown.
Joshua called out Tyson Fury after the fight while Paul revealed he had suffered a gruesome broken jaw.
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“And one slip up could cost you in that ring. One slip up could cost you in that ring – as I said, credit to Jake, I stand on that.
“I’m not going to sit up here… if he would have beaten me, he would bash me. You know that, right?
“Imagine him up here now, would have torn me and Eddie (Hearn) apart.
“But I’m not going to do that to Jake – but if he wants to stay at the top level at heavyweight he needs to work harder, because it’s very difficult, it’s a very difficult division to reign in.”
In his post-fight interview in the ring, Paul revealed that he had broken his jaw.
The Problem Child, 28, said: “I think my jaw is broken, by the way. It’s definitely broke.
“But that was a nice little a** whopping from one of the best to ever do it.
“I love this s***, but I’m going to come back and get a championship belt at some time.
“I’m feeling good, that was fun. I love this sport. I gave it my all, It’s f***ing crazy. I had a blast.
“I got my a** beat, but that’s what this sport is about. I’m going to come back and keep on winning.”
Given his injuries, Paul did not attend the post-fight press conferences.
Appearing in Paul’s place, right-hand man Nakisa Bidarian revealed that he had driven HIMSELF to hospital.
Bidarian said: “We met with Netflix afterwards, he took a shower, he drove himself to the hospital.
“A broken jaw is very common in sports, particularly in boxing or MMA and I think the recovery time from doctors we’ve already spoken to is four-six weeks.”


