Canadian Worldwide rapper, Drake, has misplaced an enormous 600,000 {dollars} guess after Anthony Joshua knocked out Francis Ngannou of their much-hyped heavyweight showdown in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Joshua secured a brutal knockout(KO), in opposition to Ngannou within the second spherical of the ‘Knockout Chaos’ conflict on Friday night time.
The celebrity recording artiste, identified for putting large bets on sporting occasions, posted earlier on Instagram that he was betting $615,000 on Ngannou to beat Joshua outright.
“Betting on a scary man,” Drake mentioned.
Drake joined a number of followers of fight sports activities to consider that Ngannou may get the job achieved in opposition to Joshua, and if the guess had clicked, it could have paid out $1.9million .
Though Drake has recorded some massive wins and losses in betting, he has gained notoriety with the “the Drake Curse”, assertion by followers accusing him of ‘cursing’ athletes and groups after being pictured with them.
The ‘curse’ has affected quite a few victims corresponding to quarterback Johny Manziel,UFC fighter Kamaru Usman, Tennis star Serena Williams, and even your entire Kentucky Wildcats Basketball workforce in america.
In January, the rapper misplaced over half-a-million kilos when he incorrectly backed Sean Strickland to defend his UFC middleweight championship in opposition to Dricus Du Plessis.
One among Drake’s largest bets in 2023 was on YouTube boxer, Logan Paul to knocout Conor McGregor’s coaching accomplice Dillon Danis of their Misfits Boxing battle.
The rapper received $1.3million after Danis was disqualified within the last spherical for making an attempt to choke Paul unconscious, prompting an enormous brawl to interrupt out within the ring.
Earlier earlier than that battle, Drake missed out on a $920,000 payout after Nigerian born Israel Adesanya misplaced his UFC middleweight title to Sean Strickland.
Drake was routing for Adesanya to knockout Strickland of their world title conflict, however Strickland produced an enormous upset to win on factors.NAN