Drake should just stop trying to pick sports at this point. The rapper loves nothing more than throwing his support behind a team or fighter, but this weekend it all backfired when he threw his money down on Jake Paul.
Drake lost $400K betting on Jake Paul to KO Tommy Fury
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James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
On the surface you might not think that this is terrible. Let’s just say that Paul’s fights have been a little questionable up to this point — leading anyone to have healthy skepticism about whether his opponents are giving it their all.
Just one problem with applying this logic to Tommy Fury: He’s Tommy-freaking-Fury. Even though the 23-year-old isn’t close to his half-brother Tyson, he’s still a professional boxer who has won real, actual boxing fights before. Compare to Paul, on the other hand, who has fought:
- A YouTuber (AnEnsonGib)
- A retired NBA player (Nate Robinson)
- A 38-year-old retired MMA fighter with no boxing experience (Ben Askren)
- A 40-year-old retired MMA fighter with no boxing experience (Tyron Woodley)
- A 40-year-old retired MMA fighter with no boxing experience, again (Tyron Woodley)
- A 47-year-old retired MMA fighter (Anderson Silva)
Then you have Fury, a young, promising fighter who carried an 8-0 record into the weekend with four knockouts under his belt. It’s one thing to think “Paul might eek this one out,” and another entirely to bet $400,000 on the idea Paul might actually knock out a real boxer.
Maybe losing that much money was just God’s Plan?
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