Jake Paul admits his fighting career is hanging in the balance following his loss to Anthony Joshua.
Paul suffered a broken jaw in his sixth round knockout loss to former two-time heavyweight world champion, Joshua in December.
‘The Problem Child’ has had two surgeries on his jaw since and has now revealed his fighting future hinges on further scans this week.
“I’m getting some new scans here in a couple of days of the jaw,” the 29-year-old said on The Ariel Helwani Show.
“To get an update on the healing process.
“We’ll see what my doctors say.
“I think I’ll be able to get a more accurate timeframe or can I even fight again? That is definitely in the realm of possibilities.
“It does feel a lot better as weeks go by and time goes by, but I definitely need to get cleared first to be able to spar.
“Yeah most definitely [my fighting future is in doubt].
“I think it depends on how the bone heels.”
Paul suffered the second defeat of his 14-fight professional career against Joshua and the first since a split decision loss to Tommy Fury in 2023.
The controversial YouTuber-turned-boxer banked a reported £70m for his bout with ‘AJ’, but despite a career-high payday, the American admits he wants to continue fighting.
“I’m not done,” he added.
“I can just feel it in my spirit, in my soul, in my heart that I have more fights left and unfinished business in my mind.
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“Injuries are a part of any sport.
“Potentially this could be a good outcome.
“I definitely don’t feel like I’m done and want to continue fighting.”
Joshua is set to return for the first time since beating Paul on July 25 in Riyadh against Kristian Prenga, before facing Tyson Fury later this year.
The 36-year-old survived a fatal car crash in Nigeria 10 days later, which killed two of his close friends.
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