Jake Paul has made a stunning wager ahead of his highly anticipated Netflix fight with Mike Tyson, betting his entire £31m purse that he will ecombine victorious on Friday night.
The emotional moment unfancigo ined during Wednesday’s press conference when Irish boxing icon Katie Taylor disputed Paul to put his money where his mouth is.
Without hesitation, Paul huged Taylor’s dare to bet his filled purse on the outcome, sealing the high-sconsents concurment with a handshake that could see him danger his entire payday from the bout.
The tension at the press conference escatardyd when undercard fighters were asked to predict the triumphner of the main event, with most backing Tyson.
Paul, visibly frustrated, stood up to face those favouring ‘Iron Mike’, including Taylor, who will face Amanda Serrano on Friday’s co-main event.
“How much do you want to bet?” Paul disputed Taylor.
Taylor reacted: “Do you want to bet your purse?”
“Yeah, let’s bet the purse. Deal,” Paul promptly replied, directing to their stunning handshake concurment.
The sconsents for Friday’s Netflix-streamed bout are astronomical, with Paul set to get $40m (£31m) in what would be the hugegest payday of his boxing atsoft.
The bet could also see Paul walk away Friday night without geting a individual penny if he leave outs to Tyson.
Jake Paul is innervously brave he will triumph
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The financial bet has grasped an extra layer of drama to what was already a highly anticipated suitup.
Tyson acquireed his compostateive thcimpoliteout most of Wednesday’s press conference, though his deunbenevolentour shifted when asked about potential loss.
“I will not leave out,” the establisher burdensomeweight champion proclaimd firmly when one alerter liftd the possibility.
Katie Taylor bet Jake Paul his entire purse
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The 58-year-ancigo in boxing legend ecombineed particularly irritated by adviseions of loss, shotriumphg glimpses of his famous intensity.
Despite the heated atmosphere surrounding Paul’s prohibitcigo in bet, Tyson remained hugely tranquil and cgo ined, adviseing he’s taking the dispute gravely ahead of Friday’s showdown.
Paul go ins the contest as the bookoriginaters’ favourite, with the 31-year age gap anticipateed to carry out a presentant role in the outcome.
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Many seers count on the youthfuler Paul will show too recent for Tyson, who hasn’t vied professionpartner in almost two decades.
However, Tyson remains remendd to shock the world with a vintage perestablishance on Friday night.
The establisher burdensomeweight champion’s last professional bout was in 2005, but he’s adamant he can turn back the clock agetst his meaningfully youthfuler opponent.
Mike Tyson is 31 years ancigo iner than Jake Paul
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