Mike Tyson sends instant message to Jake Paul after winning $1million fight bet

Jake Paul lost his $1million bet with Mike Tyson as Katie Taylor retained her undisputed super-lightweight world title with a third victory over Amanda Serrano in New York.

After three years since their first bruising battle in the Big Apple, which saw Taylor clinch a split-decision win, and another victory in Texas last year, the third bout fell short of expectations, swapping out drama for strategy. However, Taylor deservedly emerged victorious again, with one judge scoring it a draw and two judges favouring her 97-93.

And the result means Paul, who promotes Serrano, will have to stump up to Tyson who had backed Taylor to win. The former opponents, who met in a controversial fight last year, agreed a pre-fight bet on social media. In a video uploaded to Instagram, Paul confirmed that he and Tyson have a bet for the main event. "Mike! Wassup?" Said Paul. "Man, a lot of people are saying that Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor's fight was better than ours." Tyson quickly replied "Oh yeah?"

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Paul quickly cut in and replied: "They're fighting again this weekend!" Without hesitation, Tyson stated: "I have got Katie (Taylor)." Unsurprisingly, the 'Problem Child' is backing MVP star Serrano. "Do you wanna bet?" Replied Paul. After a brief pause, Tyson chuckled and agreed to the wager. "All right. If Katie wins then you get $1m, but if Amanda wins, then I get $1m." Tyson agreed: "I like that!"

And almost immediately after the final bell, Tyson took to social media to call on Paul to pay up. "Congrats to Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano on the trilogy fight on Netflix," he wrote. "Jake Paul, see you at dinner to collect my million!"

Ultimately, Friday night's third meeting had muted beginnings compared to the grand finale of their previous encounter. It wasn't until the second round that Serrano ramped up the attack, though Taylor responded swiftly with her counters.

The third round saw a surge of excitement as both fighters briefly abandoned caution. Taylor then dominated the fourth, timing her assaults with increasing accuracy and maintaining the upper hand through the fifth round, despite the fight not quite reaching the explosive heights many had hoped for.

Serrano ramped up the pressure as the second half of the fight began, cornering Taylor and landing a solid right hand as the bell rang. However, Taylor retaliated in the seventh round, with one combination often being enough to win the round due to the lack of action.

By the eighth round, Taylor had a bruise under her right eye and was instructed by her corner to increase her efforts in the final four minutes. Despite this, she timed Serrano perfectly, causing the Puerto Rican to miss before counterattacking.Ultimately, it was Taylor who ended the fight stronger, leaving the decision once again to the judges.

In other fights, Savannah Marshall suffered an unexpected loss to Shadasia Green in their super-middleweight unification bout. Despite Green losing a point for holding, she was declared the winner on two out of three judges' scorecards, marking only the second defeat in Marshall's career.

Meanwhile, Ellie Scotney defeated Yamileth Mercado to retain her super-bantamweight world titles, while Alicia Baumgardner did the same against Jennifer Miranda in the main support fight. Cherneka Johnson, Chantelle Cameron, Ramla Ali and Tamm Thibeault also celebrated victories.