FIGHT fans have claimed fresh footage from Jake Paul’s showdown with Mike Tyson proves the bout was “fixed.”
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Tyson returned from a 19-year-long professional layoff to lock horns with the YouTube sensation in a Texas tussle last Friday.
The boxing legend suffered a decision defeat to the YouTuber
Some fight fans have claimed a clip of Paul avoiding a Tyson right hand proves the fight was “fixed”
The boxing legend looked every bit his 58 years as he struggled to mount any serious threat and suffered a decision defeat.
It seemed that Paul could have taken out the beloved Tyson had he put his foot on the gas.
But some viewers of the fight have claimed new footage of Paul getting his head out of the way of a slow and telegraphed right hand shows Tyson was going easy too.
A slow-motion clip of Paul’s defensive work started doing the rounds on social media, prompting baseless claims he’d come to a prefight agreement with Tyson.
In an accompanying caption with the video, one wrote on X: “Just in case anyone had doubts…”
Another said: “If it was real Tyson would have destroyed him and been out of the ring in less than 2 minutes.”
And another said: “That may have been the KO shot that Tyson obviously pulled.”
One remarked: “Rigged as f**k.”