Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions has heard the rumors and speculation that his combat with Mike Tyson was rigged since the Nov. 15 bout ended with the 58-year-old boxing fable losing by unanimous determination to the 27-year-old fighter.
Paul issued a lengthy connection connected the substance done MVP, denying each accusations that the combat was manipulated.
"Rigging a nonrecreational boxing lucifer is simply a national transgression successful the United States of America," MVP wrote. "Paul vs. Tyson was a nonrecreational lucifer sanctioned by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations (TDLR). Both fighters successful bully religion performed to the champion of their abilities with the extremity of winning the fight.
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Mike Tyson, left, and Jake Paul look disconnected during weigh-ins, held astatine Toyota Music Factory successful Irving, Texas, USA, up of their heavyweight bout, connected November 15th astatine AT&T Stadium successful Arlington, Texas. (Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
"There were perfectly nary restrictions – contractual oregon different – astir either fighter. Each boxer was capable to usage his afloat arsenal to triumph the fight. Any statement to the contrary would interruption TDLR boxing rules."
MVP added that Paul and Tyson gave their all, saying it’s insulting to deliberation otherwise. Also, the concern with Netflix, the streaming work that broke records with the combat but experienced buffering issues, would’ve been jeopardized if the combat was rigged.
"It is further illogical and inane that MVP, successful the debut of a hopeful semipermanent concern with the world’s biggest streamer – an enactment that made its first-ever foray into unrecorded nonrecreational sports with Paul vs. Tyson – would adjacent truthful overmuch arsenic see specified a perverse usurpation of the rules of competition."
Co-founder of MVP, Nakisa Bidarian, precocious spoke to Fox News Digital astir the claims of rigging the fight.
Jake Paul celebrates aft his triumph implicit Mike Tyson pursuing their heavyweight bout combat astatine AT&T Stadium successful Arlington, Texas, USA. (Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
"I don’t attraction what radical person to say," Bidarian said. "They’re ever going to person thing to say. It is what it is.
"This was 100% existent from opening to end. It was truthful existent that the feline had an ulcer, and we took a five-month interruption to springiness him clip to heal the ulcer to beryllium capable to execute astatine his champion level.
"If it was staged, wherefore did we adjacent postpone it? We could person conscionable moved guardant with the date: ‘Oh, you person an ulcer, you’re not going to deed each other. It’s going to beryllium fine.’ What are radical talking about?"
Bidarian added, "The lone triumph determination was if Mike Tyson knocked retired Jake Paul, otherwise, the haters would person recovered a mode to kick nary substance what."
Mike Tyson and Jake Paul speech punches during their heavyweight satellite titles of the Premiere Boxing Championship connected Friday nighttime astatine AT&T Stadium successful Arlington, Texas, United States connected November 15, 2024. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Tyson reportedly earned a whopping $20 cardinal for the fight, though Paul got $40 cardinal to measurement successful the ringing with the erstwhile heavyweight champion of the world.
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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.