Following an almost year long absence, Jake Paul is finally coming back to boxing. After undergoing two surgeries and recovering from his Anthony Joshua loss, Paul is now all set to fight French kickboxer Cedric Doumbe in Dubai on Dec. 24, 2026.

A few days ago, on YouTube, Paul had promised to retire if he lost to Doumbe. He later backed it up at the Paris press conference for their fight, when he said, “100% retiring if I lose to this guy. Sure, like 100%. For sure.For sure, for sure.”

However, now at the Dubai press conference for the fight, Paul brushed aside the retirement claims and instead settled on a financial stipulation for their fight. After Doumbe promised to retire if he lost to Paul, “The Problem Child” claimed that no one would bother if Doumbe retired.

Doumbe, a two-time kickboxing world champion, offered to hang up his gloves if he lost. However, Paul boasted about his dog Thor’s 1.2m Instagram followers, which is significantly more than Doumbe's.

“No. Let’s like put money behind it, not just retire because no one cares about you retiring. I didn’t even know you existed before this. No one in America knows who the fuck you are. My dog has more followers than you on Instagram. That’s actually a fact. You can go and type it in on Instagram. Nobody knows you exist, so we don’t give a f*** about your retirement,” Paul said.

“Are you down to bet your whole entire purse then?” Paul snapped back and brought the financial stipulation. “So we’re going to sign it in an actual contract that if I win, I get your whole entire purse and if you win, I will pay you double your purse.”

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“So if you win, I will pay you double your purse. If I win, you pay me your entire purse. Deal or no deal?” Paul asked. “Okay, we’re gonna write it up after this, and he’s gonna see how easy of a night it’s gonna be,” Doumbe responded. “Easy night for me to f***ing make a bunch of money off your dumb ass. I’m the one that proposed the bet, dumba**. It’s clear after spending time with you today you have low IQ, but I didn’t think it was this bad,” the French Kickboxer further added.

As of now, there are no confirmations regarding the stipulation.