Jake Paul's business partner gives timeline on return to ring after career-threatening injury

Jake Paul's past fight, well, precise good whitethorn beryllium his last.

The YouTuber-turned-boxer fought erstwhile heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua past December and lasted until the sixth circular arsenic a tremendous underdog.

However, successful the bout, helium suffered a breached jaw that has really threatened his career.

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Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua combat successful their heavyweight bout astatine Kaseya Center successful Miami, Fla., connected Dec. 19, 2025. (Ed Mulholland/Getty Images for Netflix)

But Nakisa Bidarian, co-founder of Paul's Most Valuable Promotions, said the plan, for now, is for Paul to get successful the ringing this year.

"He saw his specialists past Wednesday. They gave him a benignant of large advancement report. The program is for him to beryllium backmost sparring 2 months from now," Bidarian told Fox News Digital. "That's erstwhile they consciousness similar that's the constituent to get backmost into sparring, not training, but sparring. And I deliberation that's the telltale moment, right? How does your jaw respond to that?

"I deliberation his plan, our intention, is simply a 2026 return, but that volition beryllium predicated by however it each goes erstwhile he's really backmost successful determination getting deed successful the face."

Jake Paul speaks during the property league for Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua astatine The Fillmore Miami Beach successful Miami Beach, Fla., connected Dec. 17, 2025. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images for Netflix)

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Paul precocious told Ariel Helwani that ne'er boxing again "is decidedly successful the realm of possibility."

"I deliberation it conscionable depends connected however the bony heals, and past besides there's a bony missing that I'm beauteous definite I'm going to person to get an implant of immoderate sort," Paul said. "I don't cognize however overmuch clip that's going to adhd to things. But we conscionable person to spot and fig retired what the smartest happening is for me."

But Bidarian said Paul has nary regrets astir getting into the ringing with, by far, his toughest opponent.

"And radical inquire me, bash I regret it? Like, I can't regret it. I'm determination to facilitate. I don't decide, right?" the promoter continued. "I ne'er told him you should combat Anthony Joshua.

"And erstwhile helium looks astatine it, of course, helium doesn't regret it. He created different monolithic infinitesimal for the sport. Got successful determination and tested himself against 1 of the astir ascendant heavyweights of the past 10 years and lasted longer than 18 of Anthony Joshua's opponents and landed shots connected Anthony Joshua."

Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian talk to the media aft the main paper of Netflix's Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano astatine Intuit Dome connected May 16, 2026 successful Inglewood, California. (Getty Images)

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Paul is 12-2, including a triumph against Mike Tyson successful November 2024.

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