{"id":891039,"date":"2026-02-08T04:17:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T10:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/08\/rapper-drake-loses-200000-bet-on-jake-paul-to-beat-anthony-joshua\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T04:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T10:17:24","slug":"rapper-drake-loses-200000-bet-on-jake-paul-to-beat-anthony-joshua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/08\/rapper-drake-loses-200000-bet-on-jake-paul-to-beat-anthony-joshua\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Drake loses $200,000 bet on Jake Paul to beat Anthony Joshua"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><\/p>\n<summary>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rapper Drake loses $200,000 bet on Jake Paul to beat Anthony Joshua\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.flos5-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/602990945_1402987147862098_3113320111520544600_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s640x640_tt6&#038;_nc_cat=1&#038;ccb=1-7&#038;_nc_sid=833d8c&#038;_nc_eui2=AeG-YDtJFAX7HXn7Iq5epQsQ4P5pjjOuhr_g_mmOM66Gv_ShkMrc-bJcDv2PDz7FcGk&#038;_nc_ohc=xZgmqFqSbaoQ7kNvwF-FwKi&#038;_nc_oc=AdlnA8xCuxU4ooO6dYitvBgrc5YfJO7-Am2qsM7MDM6lmmJpmDsmBauotrlErFe4qHE&#038;_nc_zt=23&#038;_nc_ht=scontent.flos5-1.fna&#038;_nc_gid=162vTMSWQ-InXIv744Fq7Q&#038;oh=00_AfmMamjkRx8XBUTIiK2tGGD_C5cqV9aANc36jHalJIec6w&#038;oe=694C97FC\"> <\/p>\n<p>Canadian rapper Drake lost a whopping $200,000 after he placed a bet on YouTuber Jake Paul to defeat boxer Anthony Joshua.<\/p>\n<p>Paul suffered\u00a0the second loss of his fighting career\u00a0against the Brit, who knocked him out in the\u00a0sixth round\u00a0of their bout in Miami on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Drake had boasted about his bet on\u00a0Instagram, sharing the huge amount he had wagered, with the caption: &#8220;Jakeyyyyy boy. Lock tf in&#8221; written underneath.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rapper Drake loses $200,000 bet on Jake Paul to beat Anthony Joshua\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/12\/20\/03\/104898583-15401245-image-a-10_1766200303178.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Canadian artist stood to pocket a massive \u00a31.2million ($1.64m) if Paul had beaten AJ, who ultimately emerged victorious.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Drake, real name Aubrey Drake Graham,\u00a0has a dreadful track record\u00a0when it comes to sports betting .<\/p>\n<p>He lost $355,000 (\u00a3281,440) after betting on boxing legend Tyson, 59, to beat the YouTuber star back in November of last year.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/summary><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lindaikejisblog.com\/2025\/12\/rapper-drake-loses-200000-bet-on-jake-paul-to-beat-anthony-joshua.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian rapper Drake lost a whopping $200,000 after he placed a bet on YouTuber Jake Paul to defeat boxer Anthony Joshua. Paul suffered\u00a0the second loss of his fighting career\u00a0against the Brit, who knocked him out in the\u00a0sixth round\u00a0of their bout in Miami on Friday night. Drake had boasted about his bet on\u00a0Instagram, sharing the huge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":891040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3608,871],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-891039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-drake","category-rapper"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}