Jake Paul as a Promoter After Fighting: MVP's Future

Updated: October 2026

Disclaimer: This is speculation and opinion, not a confirmed plan. Jake Paul has not announced a retirement date, and everything below about his promoter career after fighting is analysis of what could happen, not a report of what will. With that said, the promoter side of Jake Paul's career is no longer a footnote. Most Valuable Promotions (MVP), the company he runs with Nakisa Bidarian, has grown from a vehicle for his own fights into a legitimate player — and if Paul's fighting days wind down, the promoter's chair may decide his legacy.

Jake Paul's Promoter Career So Far

Jake Paul did not become a promoter by accident. From his earliest professional fights, he understood something many fighters never grasp: the person who controls the promotion controls the money, the matchmaking, and the narrative. Partnering with veteran sports executive Nakisa Bidarian, Paul built MVP into an operation that stages events, signs fighters, and negotiates broadcast deals — while he was still headlining cards himself. Its most visible work has come in women’s boxing, promoting Amanda Serrano and working with Katie Taylor, which gave a YouTuber-run company credibility it was never supposed to earn.

Why the Promoter Role Might Outlast the Fighter

Fighting careers are short: the sixth-round KO loss to Anthony Joshua on December 19, 2025 broke Paul's jaw in two places, led to two surgeries and roughly 293 days out, and every fighter eventually faces the same math — the body keeps a ledger, and the ledger always wins.

Promoting has no such expiration date — promoters can work for decades. If Paul transitions full-time to MVP, he could spend thirty years shaping boxing instead of a few more years taking punches in it. The promotional company is also the asset that compounds: fighters retire, but a roster, a brand, and broadcast relationships appreciate.

What MVP Has Built: The Foundation

To understand MVP's future, look at what it has already assembled:

• A real roster: Headlined by women's boxing stars Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor, giving the company credibility beyond Paul's own events.
• Event experience: MVP has staged cards on major platforms, including the Netflix event around Paul vs. Mike Tyson in November 2024.
• A media machine: Paul brings an audience most promoters would kill for. MVP doesn't have to buy attention; it starts with it.
• An executive partner: Nakisa Bidarian provides the industry experience and relationships that keep the operation professional.

That combination — audience, executives, roster, and event reps — is rarer than it looks. Most new promotional companies have one or two of those. MVP has all four.

The Future of Jake Paul's Promoter Career: Three Scenarios

Scenario 1: The gradual handover. Paul keeps fighting for a few more years — perhaps chasing the cruiserweight world championship he has spoken about pursuing "at some point" — while MVP steadily grows. When he retires, the company is already self-sustaining. This is the most likely path if his comeback goes well.

Scenario 2: The empire builder. Paul goes all-in on promotion relatively soon, signing young prospects and positioning MVP as the modern alternative to the old-guard promoters. His pitch to young fighters would be simple: nobody understands the modern attention economy like the guy who built a boxing career on it.

Scenario 3: The hybrid. Paul fights occasionally — big events only — while running MVP as his main business. This model has precedent: Oscar De La Hoya built Golden Boy Promotions while still active. The risk is divided attention; the reward is staying relevant as both fighter and power broker.

All three are speculation. But all three are plausible, which is itself the point — MVP gives Paul options that most fighters simply don't have.

What MVP Needs to Win the Promoter Wars

The competition is serious: Matchroom, Top Rank, Queensberry, PBC, and Golden Boy aren't going anywhere. For MVP to become a true top-tier promoter, it likely needs three things. First, a homegrown male star — a young prospect who becomes a champion under the MVP banner. Second, a signature broadcast home with consistent dates and money. Third, continued dominance in women's boxing, where MVP is arguably already a market leader and the growth curve is steepest.

The women's boxing bet may be the smartest long-term play: MVP got in early in a growing segment, and Serrano and Taylor give the company genuine prestige.

FAQ

Is Jake Paul retiring to become a full-time promoter?

No announcement has been made. Paul was medically cleared to fight in early October 2026 after his jaw surgeries, and his "Before I rest..." wish list on X named a dozen potential opponents, suggesting he intends to keep fighting.

What is Most Valuable Promotions?

MVP is the boxing promotional company Jake Paul runs with Nakisa Bidarian. It promotes Paul's own fights plus other fighters, most notably women's boxing stars Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor.

Could MVP compete with Top Rank or Matchroom?

It could, eventually, but it's not there yet. The legacy promoters have deeper stables and decades of institutional knowledge. The next five years will tell the story.

Does promoting distract from Paul's fighting career?

So far Paul's record is 12-2 with wins over Mike Tyson (November 2024) and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (June 2025), so the dual role hasn't obviously hurt him — but the Joshua loss showed what happens at the very top level.

What happens to MVP if Paul stops fighting?

Speculation only — but Bidarian runs the day-to-day, and the company already promotes fighters beyond Paul. His fame remains its biggest asset, though, so his involvement would still matter after retirement.

Jake Paul the fighter has been one of boxing's most disruptive forces. Jake Paul the promoter could be something rarer: a disruptor who stays. Whether MVP becomes a footnote in his fighting story or the main act of his second career depends on choices he hasn't made yet.