Drake reveals staggering $1MILLION bet on winner of Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk… but who has rapper ‘cursed’?
DRAKE has placed a bet on Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk hoping to win a whopping $1MILLION.
The blockbuster fight takes place tonight in Saudi Arabia as both heavyweights look to become the undisputed world champion.
With the eyes of the world watching on, Drake will be on tenterhooks after wagering a huge £462,396 ($565,000) on who he thinks will win.
The rap superstar will pocket £789,608 ($1m) should he correctly predict the outcome.
And Drake has put his money on Fury to win tonight's fight.
The 37-year-old Canadian posted a screenshot of his bet on Instagram for his 146million followers to see.
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Drake may be one of the most successful musicians on the planet - but he has developed an unwanted reputation for losing millions as a punter.
Hoping to not make the same mistake this time, he has decided to back a member of the Fury family after losing £350,000 on incorrectly going for Jake Paul to beat Tommy Fury.
Drake also lost £394,000 on a bet on UFC star Israel Adesanya to beat Sean Strickland.
In football, Drake put down a lump sum on Barcelona to beat Real Madrid, with him even sponsoring the Catalan giants' shirt for the game.
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Colin Hart on Fury vs Usyk
This Little and Large affair is likely to be messy and more mundane than memorable with lots of clinches and Usyk using mind over matter as his most potent weapon.
Logically there is no way the Gypsy King should lose — that old adage about a good big-un always beating a good little-un was coined for good reason.
If it was the Fury of three years ago when he KO’d Deontay Wilder in the last of their unforgettable trilogy then I believe Usyk — despite his masterful skills and boxing brain — would be facing a painful defeat.
But there was evidence seven months ago when Fury was lucky to get a debateable points win after crude MMA novice Francis Ngannou had floored him, that his powers may be in decline.
The young Fury would never have been caught by Ngannou’s left hook that sent him to the canvas.
It will be no surprise if Fury uses his height and weight advantage to physically wear Usyk out.
But my gut feeling is Usyk is clever enough to keep out the way of Fury’s big punches and earn a close but decisive points victory.
Talking to boxing people and fans this week I have the impression Fury is losing popularity — not helped by his father John’s headbutting antics — and not too many tears will be shed if he should lose.
But Barca ended up losing 3-1 and it cost Drake £500,000.
And the "Drake curse" continued as he lost £820,000 on the 2022 World Cup final.
In F1, he backed Charles Leclerc to win the Spanish Grand Prix in the same year, only for him to retire and see Drake lose £186,000.
The curse has stretched beyond betting as he was pictured with Conor McGregor just before he lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov.
And with footballers Jadon Sancho and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang before they suffered defeats.
Yet Fury may not be worried by getting Drake's vote of confidence.
He previously overcame the bad luck charm as he was backed by Drake to beat Deontay Wilder in 2021, which he did.
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