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Anthony Joshua’s manager, Eddie Hearn, believes there’s a good possibility Jake Paul doesn’t fight again.
On Friday night, Paul was brutally knocked out by former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua.
While speaking with Ariel Helwani, Hearn, who has been a boxing promoter for most of his life, said that there’s a chance Paul never fights again due to his jaw injury.
“You do know that he’s broken his jaw in two places?”
“He may never be able to fight again. People just think, ‘Oh, you just get your jaw wired, bolted together by a couple of screws, and on you go.’
“There have been many fighters who have had their jaws broken that never boxed again.
“We’re not actors here. It was one hundred per cent real, there was never any strategy, any deal, any script.
Eddie Hearn: It was 100% real. There was never any strategy, any deal, any script. AJ wanted to land clean as soon as possible.#HelwaniShow pic.twitter.com/qR2tfG0O47
— Jed I. Goodman © (@jedigoodman) December 22, 2025
Paul made his first appearance since the fight on his brother Logan’s podcast, revealing the extent of his injury.
“It’s like there’s a baseball in there. Four titanium plates. It’s literally snapped, bro, completely snapped.”
Despite his serious injury, Paul is already talking about coming back to fight former UFC champion Francis Ngannou.
“I told everyone, though, that I would do better than Francis [Ngannou] and that Francis kind of got no chin. Francis is low-key soft. I think maybe now he’ll take it.”
Jake Paul on Francis Ngannou following his fight against Anthony Joshua 👀 #JakeJoshua
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