A doctor has analysed the broken jaw Jake Paul suffered in his comprehensive defeat to Anthony Joshua and given his verdict on the injury and how the treatment of this could pan out.
British heavyweight fighter Joshua took on YouTuber turned boxer Paul overnight at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, in a bout which was broadcast live on Netflix and was due to last eight rounds.
However, the fight did not end up going the distance as Joshua secured victory in the sixth round by knocking out Paul, who failed to beat the referee's count in the ring after being knocked to the floor on multiple occasions throughout the encounter.
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The knockout was the second loss of 28-year-old Paul's boxing career, the other defeat coming at the hands of Tommy Fury.
Joshua's record now stands at 29 wins in 33 fights as the 36-year-old triumphed on his comeback to the ring after losing to Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium last September.
AJ is now targeting a long-awaited fight against fellow British heavyweight Tyson Fury, a fight which has been on the cards for several years but is yet to materialise.
For Paul, he was taken to hospital after the fight after suffering a suspected broken jaw.
Before being treated, Paul confirmed he will seek some time away from the boxing ring.
He said: "I think my jaw is broken, it's definitely broke. That was good, I'll come back and get a world championship belt at some point.
"We will heal the broken jaw, come back and fight people my weight. I'm going for the cruiserweight world title.
"I'm going to take a little break. I've been going hard for six years. I'll take some time off. This is amazing."
It was later confirmed that Paul did indeed break his jaw in two places after he posted an image of an x-ray demonstrating this to his social media.
Paul's injury has now been studied by Brian Sutterer, a doctor who uses his YouTube channel to analyse the medical side of sport, and he has explained how the injury will have been assessed and how his treatment for this could look to heal it.
Dr Sutterer explained that the first phase of treatment will be checking for head injuries including concussion, the airways and breathing and making sure any teeth have not been damaged or displaced by the broken jaw.
In terms of further treatment, the lesser end of the scale in terms of healing would see the use of wiring to reduce the issue, but if that does not work, then surgery would have to be considered.
He said: "Step one [is checking for] head injuries, airways, breathing, evaluating for the teeth. Looking at the tempular mandibular joint and then evaluating the degree of displacement.
"If you can successfully reduce and get everything in good position and get fixation between the maxilla and the mandible through something like wires for a short temporary amount of time, that's great. If that reduction cannot be maintained, that's when you're going to have to go and consider something like a surgery."
Topics: Anthony Joshua, Boxing, Jake Paul
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