A broken jaw appears to be no problem for Jake Paul.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer, who lost by knockout for the primary time in his young boxing profession in a highly-anticipated matchup with Anthony Joshua on Friday, December 19, suffered a broken jaw in not one but two places in the course of the match at Kaseya Center in Miami.
Paul is within the hospital for his injuries, but he hasn’t stopped him from constantly posting on social media.
In a video posted via Instagram, Paul, 28, is seen laying in a hospital bed along with his brother, Logan, standing next to him.
“Broken jaw guys thanks for all of the support I’m okay,” the caption read, with a thumbs up emoji.
He also posted an X-ray of his broken jaw, showing that there have been actually two breaks suffered in the course of the knockout punch by Joshua. He also gave a shoutout to his potentially newest opponent, Canelo Alvarez, who he said he’s fighting in only over per week and a half.
“Double broken jaw,” Paul wrote within the photo caption. “Give me Canelo in 10 days.”
Paul claimed back in November to have scheduled a fight with Alvarez, but that fight fell through and the 2 didn’t face off within the ring.
Right after the match on Friday, Paul posted a video from the ring, showing his broken jaw close up where you’ll be able to see the side of his mouth bashed in. Despite the horrendous scene, Paul didn’t appear to be frightened in regards to the injury.
“It’s high-quality, right?” he wrote on the video.
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He laughed off the break in a separate post, showing a photograph of himself with a bloody tongue and a screenshot of Joshua’s right hook onto his jaw with the caption: “Lol xD.”
Friday’s match marked just the second lack of Paul’s boxing profession, and despite ending the evening on the tarp, Paul seemed in good spirits after the fight.
“I feel good. That was fun. I really like this sport,” he said, per multiple media reports. “I got my ass beat, but that’s what this sport is about.
He continued, “Man, I’ve already won in each way in life. This sport has helped me in each way … I believe my jaw is broken, by the way in which.”
Joshua, 32, praised Paul in his post-match interview.
“Jake Paul did very well and he deserves his props. It takes an actual man to do this and he deserves respect for trying and trying and trying,” Joshua said. “It takes an actual man to do this. We now have to offer Jake Paul respect.”
Joshua added, “He got here up against an actual fighter tonight.”
The previous two-time unified WBO, IBF, and WBA heavyweight champion got here into the bout with a big size advantage over Paul, standing at a whopping 6-foot-6 and weighs 252 kilos, in comparison with Paul who’s 6-foot-1, 227 kilos.
Their matchup went six rounds before Joshua’s deciding blow: a right hook that landed flush on Paul’s jaw, sending him to the mat.
Just before the knockout blow, Paul attempted to taunt Joshua by protruding his tongue. Joshua had the ultimate word after that.