Saima Ajram had one ask. She wanted Jake Paul to back her daughter in a sport that almost nobody in the Emirates is building girls for.

“You support women in boxing. Can you please help us here too? We need you,” she told him, according to Gulf News.

Paul’s answer came back immediately.

“100%. We gotta sign her to MVP. It’s going to happen,” he said.

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Her daughter is Tijhaan Ajram, a 14-year-old Abu Dhabi boxer who fights under the ring name Tarantula. She is 4-0 as an amateur and won the 2026 UAE National Championships in the Under-15 category at featherweight (58kg).

Paul’s UAE week and the Dubai fight card

The exchange came during Paul’s week in the UAE, where he is building up his first professional fight on Arab soil. Most Valuable Promotions now has more than 350 athletes on its books, and the company has signed a long-term deal with the Dubai Sports Council.

Paul, 29, meets Cedric Doumbe in an eight-round cruiserweight bout at the Coca-Cola Arena on 24 December. It will be his first professional fight in the Emirates and his return since Anthony Joshua broke his jaw in December 2025.

A long-term project under Amanda Serrano

A 14-year-old sits well below boxing’s professional age minimums, and Paul framed the agreement as a long-term project rather than a fight date.

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MVP’s women’s boxing operation is led by Amanda Serrano, a seven-division world champion who was the promotion’s first signee. Ajram would enter that developmental track.

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