{"id":817631,"date":"2026-10-29T14:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T14:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/817631\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T14:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T14:08:09","slug":"jake-paul-american-to-return-to-ring-on-24-december-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/817631\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul: American to return to ring on 24 December in Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jake Paul will return to the ring for the first time since losing to Anthony Joshua against a yet to be confirmed opponent on 24 December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">American Paul had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/cj9yp9erg23o\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two titanium plates fitted<\/a> and some teeth removed after Joshua broke his jaw during their heavyweight bout in December 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 29-year-old influencer said in May that his boxing career was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/cx21vp479yro\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;most definitely&#8221; in doubt.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Paul will headline a card in Dubai on Christmas Eve, with several names understood to be in contention to be his opponent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve spent years proving people wrong, taking risks, and pushing myself against opponents nobody thought I&#8217;d face,&#8221; Paul said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Nothing that&#8217;s happened has changed my belief in myself or what I&#8217;m working toward. I&#8217;m hungrier than ever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve got plenty of names on the list; let&#8217;s see who signs the contract. Merry Christmas, Dubai. Santa Paul is coming to town, and somebody&#8217;s getting knocked out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Paul has won 12 of his 14 fights as a professional, with his two defeats coming against Tommy Fury and Joshua.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Paul will return to the ring for the first time since losing to Anthony Joshua against a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-817631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}