Jake Paul has raised the possibility that his boxing career could be finished following the jaw injury sustained in his knockout loss to Anthony Joshua last December, telling Ariel Helwani on The Ariel Helwani Show that he is awaiting medical scans before any clearer picture can emerge.
Paul was knocked down twice in the fifth round and stopped in the sixth by Joshua in Miami in their Netflix main event. He subsequently shared images of his swollen jaw on social media and has been managing the injury since.
“I’m getting some new scans in a couple of days, of the jaw, to get an update on the healing process. We’ll see what the doctors say. I think I’ll be able to get a more accurate time-frame, or can I even fight again? That is definitely in the realm of possibility. It does feel a lot better as the weeks go by, but I definitely need to get cleared to be able to spar. I think it just depends on how the bone heals, and then there’s a tooth missing that I’m pretty sure I’m going to have to get an implant of some sort.”
Paul co-founded Most Valuable Promotions alongside Nakisa Bidarian and has been focused on the promotional side of the business during his recovery, with MVP MMA 1 headlined by Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano on Netflix this Saturday serving as the promotion’s next major event. Whether his fighting career resumes will depend on the results of the upcoming scans and the advice of his medical team.