Jake Paul hospitalized with gruesome broken jaw after Anthony Joshua knockout loss
For the first four or so rounds, there was farcically little action in the clash between Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua. Still, when the punches started landing, damage was done.
Joshua defeated Paul by sixth-round KO after stalking the YouTuber-turned-boxer around the ring for four rounds, then knocking him down four times while Paul appeared to struggle heavily with his cardio. In total, Compubox had Joshua as landing 48 out of 146 punches and Paul 16 out of 56.
It wasn't the prettiest fight, nor the most popular. Still, it gave many fans the ultimate outcome they wanted to see. And after the fight, Paul said Joshua broke his jaw.
The blow that probably did it:
"I think my jaw is broken, by the way, so ... yeah. It's definitely broke," Paul said to Uncrowned's Ariel Helwani. "Man, that was good. Nice little ass-whooping from one of the best to ever do it. I just got tired to be honest. There was so much handling his weight.
"I think if I could have had better cardio, I could have kept it up and kept on fighting, but he did amazing. He hits really hard."
Paul showed how much Joshua realigned his teeth in a grisly video posted to social media. There are definitely some molars out of place.
Paul's co-promoter, Nakisa Bidarian, later told reporters Paul went to the hospital to get his broken jaw treated, with an expected four-to-six week recovery period.
Paul later posted a x-ray showing his jaw broken in two places.
Joshua didn't come off too well during the fight due to the lack of action, but he at least showed off his punching power at the expense of Paul's face. In the aftermath, he immediately called out Tyson Fury, who figures to pose a much more difficult challenge.
Joshua plans to fight again on Feb. 14, per Uncrowned sources.
As for Paul, his next challenge will be of the medical variety. After that, he said he would come back and fight people in his preferred cruiserweight class rather than a heavyweight like Joshua, with the goal of contending for a title at 200 pounds.