Jake Paul has clapped back at critics of his win over Mike Tyson.
Paul, coaxed a 58-year-old Tyson out of retirement to box professionally again.
The fight turned out to be a pretty drab affair with it very much having the feel of an exhibition contest.
Despite this Paul claimed a points decision verdict over the former baddest man on the planet, but many fans are not convinced with the authenticity of the contest and the YouTuber has had his say.
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âPeople are like, âOh yeah, itâs rigged because look at him on the pads but he didnât do this in the fight,â because someone is f*cking punching back you dumb f*cks,â Paul said on Impaulsive.
âPeople donât realize my power, and my jab and my speed and my ability, and my footwork to get out of the way of those punches, so then all of a sudden heâs throwing at, literally, air.
âHe canât land those punches on me.â
âI mean, what do they want? They just want me to lose.â
âThatâs the only way they wouldâve thought it was entertaining. This is fighting. This is the sport. Sometimes thereâs going to be NFL games where they score 10 points each and itâs f*cking boring.
âWhat do you want? What happened happened. All possibilities are there when you go into a fight. And then if I wouldâve knocked Mike out, they still wouldâve hated and been like, âJakeâs a f*cking asshole. Theyâre literally finding any reason to hate on any part of it, so itâs not just as simple as, âI didnât like that.ââ
Do you think the fight was rigged? Let us know in the comments.
Looked totally rigged. Mike’s sparring partners are all fighters, and he’s knocking them back several feet, and he’s dodging their blows, and he’s throwing lightning fast haymakers. None of Mike was shown in this 8 round fight. He was holding back, holding in, hardly doing anything that Mike does, biting his glove cause he was refrained for a K.O. in the 1st or 2nd round.