Former world boxing champion says Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson was a 'scripted' fight

Oscar De La Hoya says Tyson vs. Paul fight was 'staged'. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram

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A boxing fight between the youtuber Jake Paul and the legendary Mike Tyson continues to reverberate. Even more than a week later, the debate over the match continues. It has reached the point where it is being considered a fake, staged fight. At least in the opinion of former world and Olympic boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya.

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Without concrete evidence, the American, who is also a fight promoter, suggested that Paul won a scripted fight. This scenario would be illegal since the meeting of generations was endorsed as a professional fight.

“Everybody is talking about how staged that fight was and I believe it was scripted. I believe Tyson was certainly restrained. Look, I’m a fighter and I can see that. That goes on their record and it was sanctioned. So Jake Paul paid to have the W on his record. For what? For his own personal satisfaction?” De La Hoya said on his Instagram account.

“I keep telling you: If you want to be a real fighter, like you want to be, what are you doing? Like, who’s next? Joe Biden?” the former boxer quipped in another part of the video.

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YouTuber and boxer Jake Paul faced Mike Tyson – no introduction needed – on the 15th of this month. In front of an audience of 70 people at the AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas (USA), the 27-year-old fighter and 58-year-old Tyson measured strength for eight rounds of two minutes each. It is estimated that 108 million of people watched the fight for Netflix around the world. Jake Paul took the victory by decision.