Drake suffered another huge loss of betting money on Saturday night after the rapper bet $565,000 on Tyson Fury to beat Oleksandr Usyk.
The Ukrainian defeated Fury by split decision in Saudi Arabia to become the first undisputed heavyweight boxing champion in 24 years.
Usyk added Fury’s WBC title to his own WBA, IBF and WBO belts with a spectacular late comeback highlighted by a ninth-round knockdown in a back-and-forth fight between two previously undefeated heavyweight champions.
But it was bad news for Drake, who earlier Saturday took to Instagram to show that he had bet $565,000 on Fury to prevail. If Fury had won, Drake would have raised just over $1 million.
Fans on social media regularly joke that Drake is “cursed” for having previously lost a six-figure sum after Anthony Joshua’s knockout victory over Francis Ngannou, and another $700,000 after Dricus Du Plessis beat Sean Strickland at UFC 297.
Drake suffered another big loss in the game after betting $565,000 on Tyson Fury to win.
Oleksandr Usyk defeated Fury by split decision to become undisputed heavyweight champion
The combat sports enthusiast had bet $565,000 (£462,396) on ‘The Gypsy King’ to win.
He also lost $550,000 when Israel Adesanya suffered a shocking loss against Strickland in the Octagon and previously bet $890,000 on Logan Paul beating Dillon Danis in the boxing ring.
Many thought the curse had been broken when Drake bet $1 million on Argentina to win the 2022 World Cup final against France.
Although Lionel Messi and company prevailed in Qatar, they won on penalties, meaning Drake’s bet for them to win within 90 minutes was lost.
However, Drake has had success playing in the Super Bowl and had victories in basketball, baseball, and hockey.
But his luck ran out on Saturday night when two judges favored Usyk, 115-112 and 114-113, while the third gave it to Fury, 114-113.
Fury and Usyk are expected to enter the ring around 11pm UK time / 1am Saudi Arabia.
Usyk started quickly, but then had to survive as the confident and charismatic Fury dominated the middle rounds.
Usyk emerged in the final rounds, just as the Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist has done so many times in his career, taking control with a dominant eighth and nearly stopping Fury in the ninth.
Usyk hurt Fury with a left hand and eventually sent him into a corner in the final seconds of the round, getting credit for a knockdown just before Fury was saved by the bell.
Fury struggled to mount a consistent attack after almost being stopped, and the knockdown proved to be the deciding factor in the decision.
“Thank you so much to my team,” Usyk said as he fought back tears in the ring. ‘It is a great opportunity for me, for my family, for my country. Ukrainian Slav!’
