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Jake Paul did not pay Mike Tyson to lose the fight

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in General Factchecking by Novice (720 points)
Article seems to suggest that Paul did not pay Tyson to throw the fight and has proven himself a legitimate athlete many times.
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/boxing/news/did-jake-paul-pay-mike-tyson-lose-boxing-fight-rumors-rigged/0cc18a4826ef5d3ff753971e
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this article does claim that the fight was legitimate. However, the source of this claim--Most Valuable Promotions-- was founded by Jake Paul. With such a blatant vested interest, it is obvious that they would say the fight was legitimate. Since Paul won, Most Valuable Promotions claiming anything other than legitimacy essentially means they would be admitting that he didn't win.

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