Jake Paul volition instrumentality to the boxing ringing Dec. 24, taking connected erstwhile two-time kickboxing satellite champion Cédric Doumbé successful a cruiserweight matchup astatine Coca-Cola Arena successful Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The fight, announced Monday by Most Valuable Promotions, volition people Paul’s archetypal quality since suffering a sixth-round knockout nonaccomplishment to erstwhile heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua successful December 2025.
The eight-round contention will beryllium held astatine the 200-pound cruiserweight limit, with 10-ounce gloves. Paul, 29, enters the matchup with a 12-2 nonrecreational boxing record, including 7 knockouts. His nonaccomplishment to Joshua marked the archetypal knockout decision of his vocation and near him with fractures successful 2 places successful his jaw, requiring aggregate surgeries. His different nonrecreational nonaccomplishment came against Tommy Fury successful February 2023.
Paul said in a statement: “Cedric D***hebag was calling maine retired 2 years agone aft knocking immoderate dude retired successful 9 seconds. Well Douchebag, present you get your chance. I’m rusty, my jaw is janky and I don’t person kickboxing satellite titles similar you do. But conjecture what, this isn’t kickboxing mon ami. This is BOXING. Just similar Usyk feasted connected Rico Verhoeven, I americium going to devour you for meal successful Dubai connected Christmas Eve and person a Coca-Cola astatine the arena to celebrate. You similar to speech a lot, truthful let’s spot what you person to accidental successful idiosyncratic astatine the property conferences adjacent week successful Paris and Dubai.”
Doumbé, 34, brings an extended inheritance successful combat sports into the matchup. The Cameroon-born French combatant is simply a two-time GLORY kickboxing satellite champion who compiled a 75-7-1 grounds with 45 knockouts successful kickboxing earlier transitioning to mixed martial arts. He has since recorded six victories successful 7 nonrecreational MMA appearances, each by knockout. One of his astir notable performances came successful September 2023, erstwhile helium stopped Jordan Zebo successful conscionable 9 seconds successful Paris. Doumbé besides has 1 nonrecreational boxing victory, earned successful 2015.
Doumbe said successful a statement: “Jake Paul calls himself the Problem Child, but he’s ne'er faced a occupation similar me. He has nary thought what a Frenchman is susceptible of. Jake loves to speech and truthful bash I, but aft what Joshua did to his jaw, I’m not definite however overmuch talking helium has left. I’m going to decorativeness the occupation Joshua started.”
Promotional property conferences are scheduled for Nov. 10 successful Paris and Nov. 12 successful Dubai, with some events unfastened to the public. Tickets are scheduled to spell connected merchantability Nov. 15, with presale opportunities disposable earlier. Broadcast and streaming arrangements for the lawsuit person not yet been announced.
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