Who will Jake Paul 🇺🇸 fight next?
Short answer
Most likely next opponent: Tommy Fury (40%, talks). Next: Francis Ngannou (15%).
Confidence: Medium · Updated (UAE time)
Crossover star. He had jaw surgery after the Joshua loss and plans a return around the turn of the year.
Forecast: likely next opponents NextSmash estimate
Each percentage is the estimated chance of being Jake Paul's next opponent. These are not chances of winning.
- Tommy Fury40%chance next opponentJake Paul lost to Anthony Joshua on 19 Dec 2025 (KO, round 6). MVP's Nakisa Bidarian says a Tommy Fury rematch 'makes most sense'.Late 2026 or early 2027
- Francis Ngannou15%chance next opponentPaul says he is intrigued by an Ngannou fight.Early 2027
Field / other: 45%. This covers everyone not listed above.
- Last fight
- Loss vs Anthony Joshua · KO, round 6 · 19 Dec 2025
- Confidence
- Medium (High = officially booked · Medium = credible report, sanctioning-body order, talks or a boxer's own claim · Low = model only)
- Boxing factors
- Mandatory challengers, vacated belts, rematch clauses, Riyadh Season / The Ring events, promoter and network ties, and crossover fights
- Last updated
- (UAE time)
Rankings note: belts are labelled by the body that awards them (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or The Ring). The order of boxers on these pages is a NextSmash list, not an official ranking.
Jake Paul: frequently asked questions
When is Jake Paul's next fight?
No fight is officially booked as of 2 Oct 2026. The leading option is Tommy Fury (Late 2026 or early 2027).
Who did Jake Paul fight last?
Jake Paul lost to Anthony Joshua on 19 Dec 2025 (KO, round 6). Source: Wikipedia.
Who is Jake Paul likely to fight next?
NextSmash estimate of the next opponent: Tommy Fury (40%), Francis Ngannou (15%), field / other 45%. These are chances of being the next opponent, not chances of winning. Updated 2 Oct 2026.
What is Jake Paul's record?
12–2 (wins–losses–draws, no-contests in brackets) after the fight on 19 Dec 2025, as listed on Wikipedia.
Other cruiserweight boxers
- David Benavidez🇺🇸 · WBA (Super) cruiserweight · next: Michał Cieślak 70%
- Michał Cieślak🇵🇱 · WBC cruiserweight · next: David Benavidez 70%
- Jai Opetaia🇦🇺 · The Ring cruiserweight · next: David Benavidez 15%
- Chris Billam-Smith🇬🇧 · No world title listed · next: Cheavon Clarke Booked
More: Cruiserweight belts and next fights · All boxing
Sources
- Wikipedia: Jake Paul · record and last fight (revision 1377356652)
- Sky Sports: Jake Paul's rematch with Tommy Fury 'makes most sense', says Nakisa Bidarian · 6 Aug 2026
- Sports Illustrated: Jake Paul reveals return plans after recovering from jaw surgery
- TMZ: Jake Paul gunning to return by early '27, intrigued by Ngannou fight · 14 Apr 2026
Percentages are NextSmash estimates from the reports and factors above, not facts and not betting advice. Records and last fights come from Wikipedia. We do not use BoxRec data. Anything we could not verify is left out.