JAKE PAUL has opened the door to a shock rematch with Anthony Joshua – despite still recovering from the broken jaw the Brit inflicted on him.
The live on Netflix last December.
Jake Paul threw down with Anthony Joshua in a Miami melee last December
The YouTuber had his jaw broken by AJ but insists he would share the ring with him again Credit: AFP
It was a game of cat and mouse until the sixth round, when AJ detonated a nuclear missile of a right hand flush on the jaw of ‘The Problem Child.’
, 29, has had TWO SURGERIES to repair the .
But that wouldn’t stop him from sharing the ring with the former two-division champion again.
He told Sports Illustrated : “100%, man [I would fight Joshua again].
“I had a great time and a great learning experience, and I think in the long run, like all of it worked out for the positive.
“God’s been guiding my journey, and so I would definitely do it again.
“I think it was very entertaining for the world, and I think it was a good experience overall. I had a great time.”
Despite being willing to trade heavy leather with again, Paul has no intention of jumping between the ropes again until his jaw is fully healed.
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He said: “Technically, I’m not active right now, but I think a lot of fighters take periods of time off.
“So I’m just letting my jaw fully recover, and I’ll be back when I’m ready.”
Paul recently returned to training at his Puerto Rico gym, where he was filmed doing some work on the heavy bag.
He recently told ESPN : “I miss boxing. But the time off definitely refills that energy and helped me miss it.
Jake Paul returned to boxing training at his Puerto Rico gym earlier this month Credit: INSTAGRAM@MVP_UPDATES_
“It’s good to miss the sport because I hadn’t missed it in a while since I started.
“I actually just started getting back into training because hitting the heavy bag creates the vibration through the face and the jaw wasn’t able to heal doing that.
“But now it’s at a point where I can actually hit the heavy bag.
“So I’m just slowly getting back into it and trying to stay in shape a little bit.”
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