Jake Paul returns to boxing after a year out to face MMA star in Dubai

YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul to face mixed martial arts star Cedric Doumbe in boxing bout in Dubai.

Jake Paul is returning to the ring a year after the YouTuber-turned-boxer had his jaw broken in two places in a loss to former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua.

The ۲۹-year-old Paul will face mixed martial arts (MMA) star Cedric Doumbe on December ۲۴ in Dubai in what Paul’s promotion company – Most Valuable Promotions – called a “professionally sanctioned ۸-round cruiserweight bout”.

Paul slipped out of the World Boxing Association (WBA) cruiserweight rankings after the sixth-round knockout by Joshua in Miami last December, after which the American needed surgery.

Paul has fought primarily at the ۲۰۰-pound (۹۰.۷kg) cruiserweight class in the majority of his bouts in a pro boxing career that began in ۲۰۲۰. He has won ۱۲ of his ۱۴ fights, with one of his victories coming against ۵۸-year-old Mike Tyson in ۲۰۲۴.

Doumbe, a Cameroon-born Frenchman, was a kickboxing world champion and is now an MMA fighter.