Boxing-Jake Paul to return in Dubai after year-long absence following broken jaw

Oct 29 (Reuters) YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul will return to the ring on December 24 in Dubai just over ​a year after suffering a ‌broken jaw in his knockout loss to Anthony Joshua, he said on Thursday. American Paul, 29, will headline the Christmas Eve card, with his ‌opponent ​yet to be announced. The ⁠bout will be ⁠Paul s first since his sixth-round knockout loss to former heavyweight champion Joshua in Miami on December 19 last year ​when his jaw was fractured in two places, injuries that required multiple ⁠surgeries in December and ⁠February. I have spent years proving ​people wrong, taking risks and pushing myself ​against opponents nobody thought I would ‌face, Paul said in a statement. Nothing that s happened has changed my belief in myself or what I m working toward. ⁠I am hungrier than ever and on December 24 I m returning to the ring in Dubai to ⁠start ‌the next chapter of my ⁠journey. We ve got plenty of names ​on ‌the list; let s see who ​signs the ⁠contract, he