Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson was one of the year’s biggest sporting events, but the outcome left much to be desired. The headliner’s labored efforts had many calling the fight boring at best and suspicious at worst. Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, Paul’s manager and co-founder of Most Valuable Promotions, pushed back against any fight-fixing claims on Wednesday.
On Nov. 15, Paul vs. Tyson competed in a professional boxing bout with modified rules. Paul’s inability to finish a fatigued 58-year-old Tyson had people questioning the fight’s authenticity. The most prevalent instance detractors point to is when Paul opted against pursuing a knockdown after wobbling Tyson in Round 3.
“People are like, ‘Oh yeah, it’s rigged because look at him on the pads but he didn’t do this in the fight,’ because someone is f—ing punching back you dumb f—s,” Paul said on his brother Logan Paul’s “Impaulsive…