Jake Paul recently opened up about the moment his jaw broke during his bout against Anthony Joshua — and said he has zero regrets about taking the toughest challenge of his boxing career.
Paul recently had a sit-down interview with President Donald Trump at a factory rally in Ohio. The December 19, 2025, fight ended in a sixth-round knockout at Miami’s Kaseya Center, with post-fight X-rays revealing Paul had suffered fractures in two locations on his jaw.
Paul revealed that he didn’t actually know his jaw was broken during the fight — his brother had to tell him.
My brother told me — I was talking to him and my teeth were like in the center of my mouth and he was like, ‘Yo, I think your jaw is broken,'” Paul said. “And then I grabbed it. It was the last punch. The very last punch of the fight that did it.
Paul also described the shock of stepping into the ring and seeing Joshua’s full size up close for the first time.
Not at the weigh-in, not at the press conference,” Paul said. “And then I got into the ring — I just saw his size and I was just like, ‘Okay, this is going to be a tough night.'
“I Don’t Have Any Regrets”
Despite the result and the injury — Paul has since undergone a second jaw surgery after hardware complications — he was emphatic that he wouldn’t change the decision to take the fight.
I don’t have any regrets on it. I love a challenge. It motivated me to get better,” Paul said.
The experience of being in the ring with someone that good and someone that big — I think moving forward, the next people I fight, it’s going to be a little bit easier, actually. It was good experience.
Paul entered the Joshua fight as a significant underdog. Joshua weighed in around 60-70 pounds heavier, a fact Trump brought up during their conversation:
If somebody’s even four pounds heavier, it’s a different weight class. And it’s hard to beat somebody that’s even a little bit heavier.
Dana White also noted Paul’s toughness after the fight, saying that despite the devastating knockout, Paul refused to go down from the jaw shot alone.
Paul (12-2, 7 KOs) has stated his intention to return to boxing at cruiserweight later in 2026. He told Trump his jaw is still healing and that he won’t be back in the ring until later this year.
