Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight was 'fixed' claims boxer working on the card

Jake Paul defeated legendary boxer Mike Tyson successful a bout connected Friday evening but faces accusations of the combat being fixed owed to the mode of his triumph against the 58-year-old

Jake Paul and Mike Tyson are facing accusations that the result of their combat was ‘fixed’ from a combatant who worked connected the undercard of the event.

YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul coasted to triumph against a 58-year-old Tyson but appeared to instrumentality his ft disconnected the state alternatively than people a knockout against Iron Mike. An inactive combat saw the scorecards work 80-72, 79-73, 79-73 successful Paul's favour, with the combatant who is 31 years Tyson's inferior adjacent taking clip to bow to his hostile successful the last moments.

Following the fight, Sara Bailey, the women’s WBA world airy flyweight champion who was successful the country of Lucas Bahdi, a Canadian lightweight connected the undercard connected Friday night, suggested Paul vs Tyson was a setup..

Asked for her thoughts Bailey told ES NEWS: "Yeah, it was fixed, I’m sorry." Bahdi added: "I deliberation helium [Paul] took it easy."

FIGHT REACTION: Fallout from arguable Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul bout

Many fans near the arena earlier the main event's effect was announced, portion determination were boos from the assemblage successful the closing stages. Paul adjacent admitted successful the post-fight property league that helium was not looking to sound Tyson out.

Asked if helium eased up successful the bout, Paul replied: "Yeah, decidedly a bit. I wanted to springiness the fans a amusement but I didn’t privation to wounded idiosyncratic that didn’t request to beryllium hurt.

"There was a constituent wherever helium (Tyson) was not engaging back, I could conscionable archer his property was showing a small bit. That unit warfare thing... that went distant arsenic the rounds went on.

"People conscionable emotion to hatred me. I intentionally accidental things for radical to hate. That's what I similar to do. If radical privation to spot more... springiness maine a mates of months. I tried to springiness the champion combat I perchance could.

"When someone's conscionable surviving successful the ring, it's hard to marque it exciting. I don't attraction what radical person to say. It is what it is."

Not everyone was disappointed that Paul did not dole retired excessively overmuch punishment however. Retired boxing champion Andre Ward was asked whether helium believed Paul was carrying Tyson.

Ward told KO Artist Sports: "I don’t privation to accidental that… it benignant of seemed similar that astatine times. And to beryllium honorable with you, I admit that. I wasn’t going to beryllium feeling that. What’s the worst that’s going to happen, you get a fewer boos? But you inactive honour and wage homage to an all-time great."

Paul besides established another crushed for his show however. He said: "Two weeks agone I sprained my ankle, wholly tore the ligament, anterior ligament and similar snapped the different broadside of my foot.

"I was connected crutches for 4 oregon 5 days and it conscionable hindered the extremity of my grooming camp. I don't cognize however it didn't get leaked oregon anything. I missed astir 2 weeks of sparring and that's wherefore my cardio didn't truly consciousness truthful bully tonight."