‘Drake curse’ concept reignited after rapper loses eye-watering quantity on Jake Paul wager
Following Jake Paul’s battle final night time (early hours of 20 December UK time), the ‘Drake curse’ concept has been reignited.
That’s because the rapper would’ve gained an eye-watering $1.64 million (£1.23 million) if the YouTuber-turned-boxer had gained towards Anthony Joshua.
Nevertheless, Paul was in the end defeated by the Brit with a jaw-breaking knockout within the sixth spherical—and with that, Drake’s $200,000 (£149,499) on him to win proved pointless.
That in all probability wasn’t shocking to most, given the 2 stone weight distinction between the boxers, and a few even criticised the ‘One Dance’ rapper for not simply donating the money quite than betting it on Paul.
However both approach, it’s bought the conspiracy concept of the ‘Drake curse’ doing the rounds once more, as AJ even joked about banning him from his dressing room.
Chatting with ESPN, Joshua joked that he’d banned the rapper from being backstage with him as he stated he is aware of he ‘shouldn’t’ be round him.
“You recognize in regards to the Drake curse? It’s actual, although,” he stated.
Drake has been stung by his bets previously, with fighters corresponding to Israel Adesanya, Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal falling sufferer.
Again in 2024, he misplaced $300,000 (£224,200) when Canada misplaced to Argentina within the Copa America semi-finals.
He additionally backed Francis Ngannou $615,000 (£460,000) earlier than AJ beat him within the second spherical. Drake shared his wager earlier than the battle yesterday on Instagram Tales, writing: “Jakeyyyyy boy. Lock tf in.”
As that got here crashing down with Paul on the canvas, followers took to X to easily say: “The Drake curse gotta be actual man.”
And: “The Drake curse continues,” in addition to: “The Drake Curse strikes once more!”
One other added: “In all u do don’t ever let Drake wager on you, the Drake curse is actual.”
“If it wasn’t for the Drake Curse, what might have been,” one joked.
Properly, to be honest, Paul gave the rapper some hope by lasting for therefore many rounds. But it surely wasn’t precisely shocking to most that Joshua ended up popping out on prime – regardless that his critics (and loads of followers) say it ought to have occurred a lot earlier on.
The YouTuber shared an X-ray this morning to point out his jaw had damaged in two locations after his opponent landed the brutal right-hand blow on him to finish the battle and are available out because the champ, as individuals stated he realised ‘he’d tousled’.
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