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Jake Paul and Mike Tyson are running back the same picks they made for Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano but this time there’s $1 million on the line.
Ahead of their fight this past November, Paul was backing Serrano, who competes for his Most Valuable Promotions, while Tyson gave his support to Taylor after she professed how much “Iron Mike” meant to her boxing career. In the end, Paul defeated Tyson by decision while Taylor squeaked out a second win over Serrano in what became the most watched women’s boxing match in history.
Now Taylor and Serrano are set to meet again in a trilogy this Friday on Netflix and Paul called Tyson to place a friendly wager on the fight.
“A lot of people are saying that Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor’s fight was better than ours,” Paul told Tyson. “They’re fighting again this weekend.”
Tyson immediately piped up and said “I got Katie” so Paul decided to make a bet with the former heavyweight boxing champion.
“All right, we’ll make a bet,” Paul said. “If Katie wins then you get a million dollars, if Amanda wins, I get a million. All right, let’s do it.”
Tyson agreed to the wager while also telling Paul that if Taylor wins, he also owes him a dinner just to up the bet a little bit more.
Taylor and Serrano have engaged in two all-time great boxing matches but Taylor has eked out decisions in both contests. The first fight actually resulted in Taylor’s promoter Eddie Hearn from Matchroom Boxing filing a lawsuit against Paul after he claimed Hearn “bribed” one of the judges involved to ensure his fighter won.
Paul eventually filed his own countersuit but eventually they both relented with the lawsuit coming to an amicable end with a settlement agreement filed back in March.
Despite a contentious relationship, Paul and Hearn still worked together to promote Taylor vs. Serrano 2 and they’ll do the same for Friday’s card with Taylor vs. Serrano 3. The fight is set to air on Netflix with the main card kicking off at 8 p.m. ET from Madison Square Garden in New York.