The defeat against Anthony Joshua had much deeper consequences for Jake Paul. The American YouTuber and boxer had to undergo emergency surgery after suffering a double jaw fracture as a result of the brutal knockout he received from the former heavyweight champion at the Kaseya Center in Miami.
Minutes after the fight, Paul had already warned of the severity of the injury. Hours later, he confirmed that he had undergone surgery at a hospital in the city. “Just got out of surgery. Everything went well. Thanks for all the love. Lots of pain and stiffness. I have to drink liquids for seven days,” he wrote on his official X account.
He later provided more information on Instagram, where he detailed the extent of the medical procedure. “Two titanium plates on each side. They extracted some teeth. Everything went well, but I have a lot of pain and stiffness,” he explained, along with a picture of himself lying on a gurney at the University of Miami Hospital. He also shared photos of the plates that had to be placed in his jaw.
The first sign of the injury came immediately after the fight. Paul posted a scan image that clearly showed the two bone fractures, a direct result of the right hand with which Joshua finished the fight. “Double broken jaw. Give me Canelo in 10 days,” he wrote in his usual provocative tone, generating a wave of reactions in the boxing world.
Family support quickly followed. His brother, Logan Paul, dedicated a message to him on social media: “Proud brother of an absolute warrior. They broke his jaw, but they couldn’t break his spirit,” he wrote.
Joshua’s victory was secured in the sixth round, when the Briton cornered a visibly exhausted Paul and, after a body shot, landed a solid right hand to the face that sent him to the canvas. The American was unable to get up before the final count.
In the ring after the fight, Paul had already hinted at the severity of the blow. “My family, my beautiful fiancée Utah… This sport has helped me a lot in my life. By the way, I think I broke my jaw,” he told the crowd. Then he was more direct: “It’s definitely broken. It was a beating from one of the best that has ever done it. I love this sport and I’m going to come back to try to win a world title.”
In the post-fight press conference, he acknowledged that the biggest challenge was Joshua’s power and physique. “It was very hard to manage his weight. If I had had better cardiovascular endurance, maybe I could have kept fighting. He hits very hard, and I did the best I could,” he noted, clarifying that he wasn’t surprised to have lasted six rounds: “I just got tired.”
The loss marked the second professional defeat for Jake Paul, who until now had accumulated 12 victories, seven of them by knockout, against opponents of varying skill sets. For Joshua, meanwhile, it was his 29th victory, his 25th by knockout, a result that reinforces his status among the big names in the heavyweight category.
