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The Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua bout took place this weekend, marking one of the most anticipated and talked-about boxing events in recent times. The fight kicked off on 19 December 2025 at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, and was exclusively live-streamed worldwide on Netflix as part of a major event card.The fight consisted of eight 3-minute rounds with knockouts permitted and both fighters donning 10 oz gloves. It featured former two-time unified heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist Anthony Joshua (28-4, many KOs), 36, hailing from Watford, UK, squaring off against YouTuber-turned-professional boxer Jake Paul, 28, originally from...

For those of us who began avidly following the United States before 1990, Wednesday's 2-1 victory away to Trinidad & Tobago seems like something of a dream. It wasn't just that the U.S. won their opening match in the Final Round of CONCACAF World Cup Qualification, it's that they did it with such poise, confidence, and relative ease, in a pretty difficult place to gain a result. [snip] I'm actually bracing myself for the columns and comments of the soccer media who will proclaim that the U.S. wasn't dominate enough in that match; that the scoreline should have been more...