{"id":664444,"date":"2026-05-12T12:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/664444\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T12:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:47:12","slug":"jake-paul-casts-doubt-on-boxing-future-my-doctor-doesnt-want-me-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/664444\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul casts doubt on boxing future: \u2018My doctor doesn\u2019t want me to\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jake Paul<\/a> has admitted that he might not box again, as he continues to recover from the broken jaw that he suffered against Anthony Joshua<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In December, Paul was stopped by Joshua in six rounds<\/a>, as the former world heavyweight champion beat the YouTuber-turned-boxer in Miami. <\/p>\n

And \u201cAJ\u201d, 36, dealt Paul a broken jaw in that contest<\/a>, which led the 29-year-old to quickly undergo surgery. Paul actually underwent a second surgery<\/a> in February, and he has admitted that his fighting future is up in the air.<\/p>\n

\"JakeJake Paul (right) during his stoppage loss to Anthony Joshua in December (Getty)<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m getting some new scans here in a couple of days \u2013 of the jaw \u2013 to get an update on the healing process,\u201d Paul told said on The Ariel Helwani Show<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019ll see what my doctors say. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019ll be able to get a more-accurate timeframe of can I even fight again? That is definitely in the realm of possibilities of things.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does feel a lot better as weeks go by and time goes by. But I definitely need to get cleared first to be able to spar, but I am sort of staying in shape. I\u2019m always in the gym pretty much regardless, just staying in shape and enjoying some mitt work.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost definitely, [there\u2019s a chance I can\u2019t fight again]. I think it just depends on how the bone heals, and then also there\u2019s a tooth missing here that I\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019m going to have to get an implanted tooth of some sort. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how much time that\u2019s going to add to things. But we just have to see and figure out what the smartest thing is for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely my doctor, Arman, he doesn\u2019t want me to fight again. He\u2019s saying he doesn\u2019t want me to. There\u2019s the occasional business person who\u2019s just like, \u2018You don\u2019t need to do this.\u2019 [My fiancee] is kind of in both boats. She understands being an athlete and having that feeling inside of you and wanting to prove yourself more and to compete and the love of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"JoshuaJoshua was able to pin down an elusive Paul in the sixth round and secure a TKO (Getty)<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the American said: \u201cI\u2019m not done. I can just feel it in my spirit, in my soul and my heart that I have more fights left and unfinished business, in my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul\u2019s loss to Joshua was the second defeat of his career. He previously lost to Tommy Fury \u2013\u00a0half-brother of ex-heavyweight champion Tyson Fury \u2013 on points in 2023.<\/p>\n

However, Paul holds 12 wins, including victories over former UFC champions Anderson Silva and Tyron Woodley, and former boxing<\/a> champions Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and Mike Tyson, 59.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-664444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}