Jake Paul confirms Anthony Joshua broke his jaw — The damage was even worse than we thought

This is the price of stepping up in class too soon. Jake Paul confirmed that Anthony Joshua broke his jaw during their sixth-round knockout bout on Thursday, a brutal reminder that elite-level power can end more than just fights.

The injury occurred in the sixth round at the Kaseya Center when Joshua landed a crushing right hand that visibly displaced Paul's jawline. After five rounds of methodical punishment, the blow changed Paul's face structure in real time.

During his immediate post-fight interview, Paul, who spat blood, struggled to articulate words. "I think my jaw is broken, by the way... yeah, it's definitely broken," he said per Yahoo Sports. "But man, that was a nice little ass-whopping from one of the best to ever do. 

In a surprisingly casual move, Paul didn't wait for medical transport. His promoter confirmed that after Netflix cameras stopped rolling, Paul showered in his locker room, met briefly with executives, then drove himself to a local Miami hospital for emergency scans and treatment.

Doctors expect the bone to fuse in four to six weeks, but Paul faces a much longer road back. The Florida Athletic Commission has issued a mandatory medical suspension, and he'll likely be barred from contact training for four to six months to ensure structural integrity.

While standard knockout suspensions last 60 days, the severity of this fracture, double per Dazn, could extend his no-contact period significantly.

Despite the injury, Paul has framed the night as a brand success, having survived longer than many expected, though he has been slammed by fans for what has been described as embarrassing. 

However, once healed, he plans to drop to cruiserweight, his natural weight class, admitting that handling Joshua's heavyweight power was simply too much for his frame.

Paul's been calling out elite fighters for years. AJ just showed him exactly why experience matters and left him with a painful reminder that will take months to forget.