Nearly 60 million people tuned-in to watch 27-year-old Jake Paul take on 58-year-old Mike Tyson in a boxing match at AT&T stadium two months ago.
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And now most recently they were seen together celebrating at President Donald Trump's inauguration.
Jake Paul links up with Mike Tyson at the inauguration party for the first time since their fight 🔥 pic.twitter.com/LJ2g1M8kOS
— FearBuck (@FearedBuck) January 21, 2025
In view of all of the tension and drama leading up to the bout, apparently that was all just a marketing ploy by the promoters.
Paul captioned an Instagram post: "Best friends @miketyson."
This was certainly a stark contrast from their pre-fight antics, where they seemingly pretended to hate each other.
so Jake Paul was crawling like a monkey and then stepped on Mike Tyson’s foot… pic.twitter.com/t2y9OJ1wK6
— juju 💰 (@ayeejuju) November 15, 2024
In view of their fight, Paul won by unanimous decision, with the judges scoring the fight 80-72, 79-73, 79-73.
And that's a wrap.
Jake Paul def. Mike Tyson (UD, 8) — 80-72, 79-73, 79-73#PaulTyson pic.twitter.com/9FpMOOCU96
— Def Pen Sports (@DefPenSports) November 16, 2024
And after they both received their huge payday (Tyson- $20 million, Paul- $40 million), there evidently weren't anymore reasons to hate each other.
"Let's give it up for Mike, he's a legend, the greatest to ever do it," Paul said after the win. "He's the GOAT. I look up to him. I'm inspired by him... This man is an icon and it is just an honor to be able to fight him."
Jake Paul praises Mike Tyson ‼️🐐
“He’s the GOAT”
pic.twitter.com/tGvHfP9TzS— RapTV (@Rap) November 16, 2024
Ultimately, fans criticized the fight, as even Paul himself admitted to "holding back" when he had Tyson on the ropes in the later rounds.
Jake Paul confirms he held back so he didn’t finish Mike Tyson in the later rounds of the fight
“I didn’t wanna hurt someone that didn’t need to be hurt”pic.twitter.com/1yikvCKoxN
— ryan 🤿 (@scubaryan_) November 16, 2024
Last month Tyson spoke on deciding to fight the YouTuber, who is 30 years younger than him.
"The day after I woke up and said to my wife, 'Why did I do that?' I just don't know what the h*** was going on," he said.
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