Ryan Garcia has played a mammoth bet on the Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua bout this weekend.
Paul and Joshua meet inside the squared circle in a huge heavyweight encounter at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida - with millions expected to tune in around the world on Netflix.
As he did for his bout with Mike Tyson, Paul has moved back up to heavyweight from cruiserweight take on two-time unified world champion Joshua - who has successfully weighed in within the 245lbs limit he was required to meet in the terms of the contract.
For Paul, it will be his 14th professional fight and a first against an active elite-level boxer - even with Joshua becoming unranked due to recent inactivity following on from his defeat to Daniel Dubois.
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Joshua steps into the ring for the 33rd time but for only the second occasion in the United States. However, with his huge size and weight advantage, coupled with his experience - he is still undoubtedly the overwhelming favourite.
In fact, Garcia - a previously rumoured opponent of Paul's is so confident that he has placed a $50,000 bet on Joshua to emerge victorious.
The odds mean he would only collect just over $5,000 if it comes in.
Garcia revealed the wager in a video on his X account, where he also claimed it was "disrespectful" that Paul was being treated as the a-side in the promotion.
He said: "My prediction for the Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua fight - I actually kinda find that a little disrespectful - I'm gonna say Anthony Joshua vs Jake Paul. I got $50,000 on Anthony Joshua winning.
"I'm only gonna win $5,500 for the bet because he's such a favourite but I don't care. The reason why I'm doing it - because there's no chance that Jake Paul could ever win. He's not a good fighter compared to Anthony Joshua, he's just got too much experience and i'm betting it right here. Fifty grand, all on Anthony Joshua to win. It's just going to be easy work."
Paul and Joshua have been cordial throughout the build-up and various pre-fight media obligations. However tensions picked up in the final face-off following the weigh-in, where Joshua repeatedly told his opponent, "Don't touch my face".
Joshua later performed a throat-killing gesture when the two posed, before claiming that "the games are done" and that he would "outclass" Paul before stating he is about to "get f***ed up."
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Topics: Anthony Joshua, Jake Paul
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