Jake Paul plans to return to the ring later this 12 months or early subsequent 12 months. The YouTuber-turned-boxer suffered a double damaged jaw in December 2025 throughout his heavyweight boxing match towards Anthony Joshua.
He was knocked down a complete of 4 occasions by “AJ” and misplaced in Spherical 6 by TKO.
Proper after the loss, Paul needed to go underneath the knife. To get his damaged jaw again in place, the 29-year-old had two titanium plates fitted and a few tooth eliminated.
Most not too long ago, “The Downside Little one” had another jaw surgery and isn’t even clear to even spar in the mean time. Nonetheless, he expects to struggle late this 12 months or early subsequent 12 months.
After the Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano presser, Paul instructed the media:
“Later this 12 months, [I expect to return]. I obtained my second surgical procedure not too long ago. So the docs mentioned like 4, 5, or 6 months to even be capable of spar to see how the bone is therapeutic.”
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Former Heavyweight Champion Targets Jake Paul: “I’m focused on beating his a*s”
Francis Ngannou, who most not too long ago parted methods with the PFL, is already set to make his MMA return on Could 16 inside a hexagon cage on Netflix’s first-ever reside MMA broadcast and Jake Paul’s MVP’s inaugural MMA occasion.
“The Predator” will face former UFC gentle heavyweight Philipe Lins within the co-main occasion on a card headlined by a five-round featherweight conflict between two pioneers of girls’s MMA: Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano.
Ngannou was beforehand not sport to field Paul, no matter how profitable the provide was. However now, “The Predator” has modified his thoughts. In the course of the Rousey vs. Carano presser, he mentioned:
“No. I’m not focused on preventing Jake Paul. I’m focused on beating his a*s… I believe you [Jake Paul] had been simply being a small boy, not understanding, just a little disrespectful, and that’s why I wish to kick your a*s now. I actually didn’t wish to struggle you, however now I wish to beat you.”
In the meantime, Paul quipped:
“I’m down. I’ve at all times been down. You had been at all times the choice earlier than Anthony Joshua, and also you ran like a duck, and I wager you didn’t assume I might last more than you probably did with Anthony, both. So that you simply know you labored in boxing, and I might like to see it sometime… Let’s do it.”
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