The YouTuber-turned-boxer quietly donated a significant sum of money for a double lung transplant after Askren's near-fatal illness.

Jake Paul is praising former opponent Ben Askren as “one of the toughest fighters of all time” after a life-threatening battle with pneumonia. In the wake of Askren’s latest health update Wednesday, when he revealed he “only died four times” before receiving a double lung transplant, Paul took to X to applaud Askren’s perseverance.

Longtime MMA star Ben Askren (who lost to Jake Paul in a 2021 boxing bout) is now on the other side of a fight for his life that was looking extremely grim just