Jake Paul says Ben Askren lucky fight was stopped: 'The ref saved him'

ATLANTA – Jake Paul says Ben Askren was fortunate their Triller Fight Club headliner was stopped when it was.

After Askren was dropped early in the first round of his boxing match with Paul on Saturday at Mercedes-Benz Arena, he got back up and tried to fight on. He was on wobbly legs, though, and the referee decided he’d seen enough and waved it off at the 1:59 mark of Round 1.

Askren seemed upset he didn’t get a chance to continue, but Paul said things would’ve gotten far worse if he did.