Boxer Cédric Doumbè, who was born in the African country of Cameroon, made a series of controversial remarks at a Paris press conference before his upcoming boxing match with Jake Paul set for Christmas Eve in Dubai.
He stated that Paul “thought he was going to take a little Frenchman and beat him up. But no! He doesn’t know he took a Cameroonian from Douala who is hungry.” Doumbè has French citizenship.
🇫🇷🔴 Boxer Cédric Doumbè warns Jake Paul that he is from Africa, not “a little Frenchman” who Paul can easily beat up.
"Except he doesn’t know he took on a hungry Cameroonian."
Doumbè has French citizenship.
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— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) November 12, 2026The fact that Doumbè suddenly no longer identified as French but instead as an African when it suited him was not lost on many of his critics.
French right-wing activist and commentator Thaïs d’Escufon responded to his remarks, thanking him for “finally recognizing that you are not French,” adding that “we always knew that you yourself didn’t believe it” and asking whether “we can all stop pretending now.”
Merci de reconnaître enfin que vous n’êtes pas Français, même si on a toujours su que vous n’y croyiez pas vous-même.
On peut arrêter de tous faire semblant maintenant ?
— Thaïs d’Escufon (@ThaisEscufon) November 10, 2026The comments from Doumbè highlight the apparent ease with which foreigners take on citizenship in European countries while often despising the host country and its ethnic population. While the left claims that Doumbè is as French as any other Frenchman, he himself views himself as an African. Although this is an individual case, such sentiments play out across the social, cultural and political divides in the West. Migrants form ethnic enclaves, fail to integrate, practice cultural and religious mores that contravene both the laws and traditions of the West, and openly harbor animosity towards White Europeans.
In the long run, activists like d’Escufon warn this will be a disaster for ethnic Europeans and lead to their displacement in their indigenous countries.
Other users pointed out that Western countries like France grant citizenship and often receive very little in return.
“Nine years in Cameroon. 23 years in France. Applied for and obtained French citizenship. France gave him everything. Now claims to be Cameroonian,” wrote another user.
Another user both mocked the situation in France and Doumbè’s home country, writing: “He’s right, Cameroonians haven’t had a government that emasculated them for 40 years. In fact, they haven’t had a government at all.”
Doumbè has long been described in sports media as a Cameroonian-born Frenchman or Franco-Cameroonian. He is a former two-time GLORY kickboxing welterweight world champion, with a roughly 75-7-1 record. He later moved into MMA, winning six of seven bouts, but has limited professional boxing experience.
The Dec. 24, 2026, bout in Dubai is an eight-round cruiserweight boxing match at 200 pounds, which will be Paul’s first fight since his loss to Anthony Joshua that left him with a broken jaw.
Paul has vowed to knock Doumbè out and has said he will retire if he loses.
