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YouTuber-turned-boxing star Jake Paul has bought a sprawling, $39million ranch in Georgia with the money he made by beating Mike Tyson.
Paul, 28, took on Tyson in a controversial, money-spinning clash fight back in November. He is more than three decades younger than the former heavyweight champion.
He claimed to have made $40m from the win at AT&T Stadium and the former YouTuber later revealed that that he has wanted to buy a ranch for the past 15 years.
He has now snapped up a historic plantation that covers 5,746 acres and boasts a 30-acre duck pond, 20-acre eagle lake and five miles of spring creeks.
The ranch, in Decatur County, Georgia, is known as Southlands Plantation and was originally listed for $42.5m.
It's been described as 'the land ownership equivalent to owning an NFL team' and is believed to be one of the most expensive private land sales in the state's history.
YouTuber-turned-boxing star Jake Paul has bought a sprawling, $39million ranch in Georgia
Paul (centre) bought the ranch with the $40m he made by beating Mike Tyson back in 2024
The historic plantation, in Decatur County, covers 5,746 acres and boasts a 30-acre duck pond
Southlands Plantation, originally listed for $42.5m, also features a lake and spring creeks
The YouTuber-turned-boxing star took on the former heavyweight champion last November
Paul admitted the plantation is a little bit bigger than what he wanted but said he knew he had to buy it.
Decatur County is deep in the south of Georgia, near the border with Florida, with the Appalachian Mountains only a stone's throw away.
The main house includes eight bedrooms and five-and-a-half bathrooms, with a manager's house, several guest homes and a barn also on site.
The ranch is also home to a range of wildlife, including deer and turkeys, while it also offers the chance for horseback riding, hunting and watersports.
Paul, the younger brother of YouTuber-turned-WWE star Logan Paul, has won 11 of his 12 professional fights. He faces Julio Cesar Chavez Jr on June 28.
'I would say Chavez is most likely going to be the toughest opponent (I have faced yet), the most experienced, literally the most amount of fights out of all of my opponents,' Paul told DAZN.
'He's a former world champion which I haven't faced a former boxing world champion other than Mike Tyson but obviously Mike was older, Chavez is still in his thirties so I think this is gonna be the toughest one.'
'The Problem Child' has also been linked with a sensational fight against Anthony Joshua and Paul recently lifted the lid on their social media exchanges.
When asked about his relationship with AJ following a phone call earlier this year, Paul said: 'It was all nice [speaking to AJ on the phone].
The main house on the ranch includes eight bedrooms and five-and-a-half bathrooms
The $39m plantation also offers the chance for horseback riding, hunting and watersports
The ranch has been described as 'the land ownership equivalent to owning an NFL team'
'You know, we've been cordial. He DM’d me today, like saying "lol" to one of my training clips, and then I sent him a "lol" of him getting knocked out.'
According to Paul, the exchange was all in good fun but it nevertheless highlighted a simmering tension between the two stars.
'I guess we're kind of s*** talking behind the scenes a bit,' he continued.
'But I have a lot of love for Anthony Joshua.
'I think this type of stuff is funny, and he's a great guy.'
He added: 'A fight between us would be awesome, and I do believe I can win.'
Jam Press contributed to this report
