Jake Paul
The Problem Child
Bio
Jake Paul is an American professional boxer, MVP Promotions co-founder, and a crossover figure who started in YouTube before committing fully to a professional boxing career. He has fought Tyron Woodley, Anderson Silva, Mike Tyson and most recently Anthony Joshua, who knocked him out in the sixth round in 2026.
Paul's record stands at 12-2 with seven knockouts after the Joshua defeat — a fight in which he suffered a broken jaw but stayed on his feet into the sixth. Most of the boxing media will tell you he is not yet a world-level operator. Make no mistake — they're right. But he is also a proper professional now, not the spectacle act he started as.
MVP Promotions, Paul's promotional company, has reshaped women's boxing in particular — putting Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor on Netflix prime time. For all the noise, the boxing industry needs the eyeballs Paul brings to the sport. The next move for him is the rebuild — a confidence opponent, then a calculated rise back toward another headline date.