With Jake Paul having previously announced that he would be returning to action on December 24 in Dubai following his jaw injury the last time he stepped into the ring, it’s now been announced that former kickboxing champion Cédric Doumbé will be his opponent. The fight will be an eight-round contest taking place at cruiserweight.
“Cedric Douchebag was calling me out two years ago after knocking some dude out in nine seconds,” Paul, 29, said in a statement. “Well Douchebag, now you get your chance.
I’m rusty, my jaw is janky and I don’t have kickboxing world titles like you do. But guess what, this isn’t kickboxing mon ami. This is BOXING.”
Doumbé, 34, was a two-time world champion in Glory kickboxing, and while plenty seasoned in that sport, he’s only had one professional boxing fight back in 2015. Despite that, Doumbé says he expects to finish what Anthony Joshua started in shutting Paul up for good.
Paul insists he still intends to eventually content for a major world title in boxing in the future, but he still has quite the mountain to climb, needless to say.
