Is it time for Jake Paul to reconsider his career choice after getting his jaw jacked by Heavyweight knockout artist Anthony Joshua?
Paul earned many millions of dollars to square off against the gigantic
and much more experienced boxer, and he ultimately paid the price (watch highlights). After playing keep away for a few rounds, Paul was too fatigued to avoid the onslaught, leaving him vulnerable to a blistering right hand in the sixth that caught him right on the button. Paul somehow kept his consciousness, but the damage was done.
After several screws and a titanium plate, Paul will be taking Christmas dinner through a straw.
It’s such a devastating loss that Paul walking away would be plenty understandable. It’s not like the social media star needs to box! He could make YouTube videos and promote fights while still making a fortune, if not $90 million for a night’s work. That’s a path UFC color commentator Joe Rogan might recommend, because he believes Paul took serious brain damage against Joshua.
Per the podcast legend, you only get to take so many of those punches before suffering the severe consequences.
“Don’t do this very long,“ Rogan advised. ”There is a price to pay that is not worth it. That price is depression, severe brain imbalance that’s going to lead you to addiction. It leads so many people to impulsive behavior. So many people become gambling addicts, drug addicts, alcoholics after their fighting career. You can only take so much. Like that one he got from Joshua? Oh. Say you have a punch card, like so many punches that you can take in your life? I believe you do, there’s a certain number. That one was like 10 punches. A lot of concussions in that one punch. That was real damage. Someone breaking your jaw in two places [means] the inside of your head, there’s a lot of damage going on.”
Currently, Paul is still full steam ahead with his boxing career, already discussing a possible matchup with Francis Ngannou. Initially after the loss, Paul said he was done at Heavyweight … but apparently that’s no longer the case if the money is right and the spectacle grand enough. Like every combat athlete, Paul will weigh the paycheck versus the damage potential. In his case, however, the paychecks are much, much larger.
Unless the attention dies down, it may be a tough sell for “The Problem Child” to walk away.
