Jake Paul owes Mike Tyson $5million after pre-fight bet with legend

Jake Paul wanted to onslaught a pre-fight stake with Mike Tyson which would spot the YouTuber wage the fable $5million if helium made it past the 4th circular - successful the lawsuit the close went the eight-round distance

Jake Paul may person to springiness Mike Tyson $5million aft the ringing fable made it past the 4th circular of their fight.

Paul was taken the eight-round region by the 58-year-old heavyweight fable connected Friday nighttime earlier being fixed the motion connected points.

Paul had promised earlier the combat to sound retired the erstwhile undisputed world champion but yet admitted to taking it casual connected Tyson.

But that whitethorn travel astatine a outgo aft Paul offered his rival a $5m wager earlier the fight. "Mikey, Mikey, if you tin past much than 4 rounds with me, I’ll springiness you an other $5m," Paul said. "But, if you don’t…then you person to get a tattoo that says, ‘I emotion Jake Paul '."

Tyson suggested upping the wager to $20m but did not respond publically to Paul's offer. Paul besides struck respective pre-fight bets with undercard fighters who had backed Tyson to bushed him, including Neeraj Goyat who had enactment his $1m location successful India up arsenic collateral.

Katie Taylor besides backed Tyson and suggested to Paul that they stake their purses which would person seen her suffer millions aft the YouTuber had his manus raised. But Paul admitted helium had not made the bets authoritative and would not beryllium asking for his money.

At nary constituent successful the combat did Paul, who claimed helium would gain $40m from the event, look similar stopping Tyson. And astatine nary constituent did Tyson look thing similar the combatant helium did successful his grooming videos, ne'er caput the combatant erstwhile known arsenic The Baddest Man connected the Planet.

And Tyson aboriginal revealed helium astir died successful the build-up to the combat and that helium would beryllium retiring, contradicting a assertion helium made aft the combat erstwhile helium suggested helium would combat on.

"This is 1 of those situations erstwhile you mislaid but inactive won," helium said. "I’m grateful for [Friday] nighttime and person nary regrets astir getting successful the ringing 1 past time.

"I astir died successful June; I had 8 humor transfusions. I mislaid fractional my humor and 25lbs successful infirmary and had to combat to get steadfast to combat truthful I won. To person my children spot maine basal toed to toed and decorativeness 8 rounds with a talented combatant fractional my property successful beforehand of a packed Dallas Cowboy stadium is an acquisition that nary antheral has the close to inquire for."

It was announced connected Saturday that much than 60m households streamed the main lawsuit connected Netflix, which caused the streaming elephantine to clang respective times.

The fight's gate, meanwhile, surpassed $18m, treble the erstwhile Texas gross grounds for combat sports successful some boxing and MMA, topping Canelo Alvarez's grounds of $9m.