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Paul has surgery on broken jaw after getting KO'd by Joshua

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Jake Paul underwent surgery Saturday morning after breaking his jaw in two places in a sixth-round knockout loss to Anthony Joshua on Friday night in Miami.

The YouTube star turned boxer said he had two titanium plates inserted on each side of his jaw and "some teeth" removed.

"Everything went smooth," Paul wrote on X. "Thanks for all the love. Lots of pain and stiffness. Gotta eat liquids for seven days."

Joshua, a former two-time unified heavyweight champion, dropped Paul four times in the lopsided bout, which streamed live on Netflix. Paul called it a "nice little ass whooping from one of the best to ever do it."

After the fight, Paul said in the ring he thought he had suffered a broken jaw. Later that night, Paul confirmed the injury, posting an image of an X-ray on social media.

Paul, 28, fell to 12-2 as a professional boxer with the loss.

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