"You have to understand that Jake Paul was dropping his hands. In general, he was waiting for this knockout. The fact that Jake reached the sixth round is great. We didn’t think he would last until the sixth round. We thought the fight would end in two rounds. Therefore, the fact that he lasted until the sixth round is an achievement for Jake Paul.
The question here was who is in better condition. I think Joshua was in excellent shape compared to Paul because Jake was running around the ring, and that takes a lot of energy, especially when you're not used to it.
We wanted Joshua to knock him out earlier, but we need to look at what was happening in AJ's life. He hadn’t fought for 15 months, so it was a bit of a warm-up for him. He needed it. After 15 months of inactivity, he looked normal," Lewis said.
Let's recall that on December 19, Joshua defeated Paul by knockout in the sixth round in the main event of the boxing evening in Miami.