'VERY BAD'
Logan Paul reveals he suffered ‘CAREER-ENDING injury’ after drunken fail on boxing machine on boozy night out in Germany
LOGAN PAUL broke his right hand trying to set a new high score on a punch machine during a boozy night out in Germany.
After ending up in a small bar which had a punch machine, the YouTuber turned boxer tried multiple times to make the high score his own.
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But his ego eventually left him requiring a trip to the hospital as he shattered his third metacarpal on his final and misplaced attempt to crack the bag.
During a recent episode of his podcast, he revealed: "I broke my hand when I was drunk.
"I make the worst decisions when I'm drunk. I should stop [drinking]."
After explaining his previous attempts to break the record, Paul added: "So, you know, fourth try, fifth try and now my friends are like, 'We gotta go.'
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"'We're running around Germany having fun and you're being like an a**hole.'
"So I moved the bench that was, again, in this little tiny room and I get running start.
"And I go up, I hit this thing as hard as I can and sure enough I hit the f***ing column exactly where he [the barman] said I would.
"He's like, 'Brother, I've seen bones.' And I'm like, 'Whatever, dude.'
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"There we like four napkins this big taped with like duct tape on the spot where everyone hits. Like it's any sort of cushion.
"I hit the napkins; immediately I knew I'd shattered my hand. I didn't know bad it was; it's very bad.
"And I did not set the high score, which was actually the worst part of all of this.
"It was actually my worst one, it [the score] was like 906."
Paul and his pals chose against immediately going to A&E, opting instead to have a few more drinks before heading to the hospital.
And The Maverick was given some worrying news after having his hand x-rayed.
He said: "I got to the hospital and they're like, 'Dude, you shattered your third metacarpal on your hand. It's the most important joint in your hand.'
"'And for boxers, this is a career-ending injury."
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He later admitted: "It was very hard to hear, it was very depressing -- especially when you're drunk, hearing things like this."
Paul, 27, hasn't set foot inside the ring since his eight-round exhibition bout with boxing legend Floyd Mayweather last June.
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He is now considering whether to pursue combat sports or continue with WWE after making his WWE debut at WrestleMania 38.
He teamed up with The Miz to beat Rey Mysterio and his son Dominik.
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