{"id":1751,"date":"2025-11-21T21:38:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T21:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2025-11-21T21:38:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T21:38:30","slug":"relive-jake-paul-vs-anthony-joshua-press-conference-updates-and-reaction-from-first-face-off-at-media-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=1751","title":{"rendered":"Relive Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua press conference: Updates and reaction from first face-off at media event"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/p>\n

\n
<\/p>\n

From 18st kid to world champion – the rise of Benavidez<\/span>published at 19:41 GMT<\/span><\/p>\n

19:41 GMT<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

<\/span><\/header>\n

\n
\"David<\/span>Image source, <\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Away from this news conference, there is some high-calibre boxing scheduled for Saturday when four world title fights take place in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

WBC light-heavyweight champion David Benavidez headlines against Briton Anthony Yarde.<\/p>\n

At the age of 12, Benavidez weighed 18st 6lb (117kg).<\/p>\n

When the American steps into the ring this weekend, he will be 12st 7lb (79kg).<\/p>\n

“At the time, I would have never imagined I would be a top fighter and one of the biggest in boxing today,” he told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n

“I always had faith in myself. I always knew that with hard work, anything is possible. I’ve never given up on myself. I started off and I wasn’t in shape.<\/p>\n

Read more about David Benavidez’s story.<\/p>\n

We will have radio commentary of the fight from 23:00 GMT on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra & BBC Sounds on Saturday, with the main event expected around 02:00.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From 18st kid to world champion – the rise of Benavidezpublished at 19:41 GMT 19:41 GMT Image source, Getty Images Away from this news conference, there is some high-calibre boxing scheduled for Saturday when four world title fights take place in Saudi Arabia. WBC light-heavyweight champion David Benavidez headlines against Briton Anthony Yarde. At the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boxing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}