Jake Paul has received criticism for resharing a tweet he posted about Mike Tyson four years ago.
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Jake Paul has been slammed by fans after re-sharing an old post involving Mike Tyson from four years ago.
Paul is facing the heavyweight boxing legend in a superfight at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on July 20, live on Netflix.
And for the Problem Child it represents a full circle moment as he made his professional boxing debut on Tyson’s undercard for his return against Roy Jones Jr back in 2020.
Paul produced a devastating knockout of Nate Robinson and ended up becoming the biggest thing in boxing.
The 27-year-old has recorded victories over Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley, Anderson Silva and Nate Diaz, with his only defeat coming against Tommy Fury in Saudi Arabia.
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And ahead of his biggest fight to date being announced, Paul has shared a post where Tyson hyped up his debt to reflect on his journey.
Taking to X, he wrote: “This tweet was 4 years ago. Crazy how things change… Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something.”
But fans are not quite having Paul’s post, pointing out that he is fighting a man who will be 30 years older than him when they step into the ring.
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One wrote: “Don’t let anyone tell you, you can’t box a 58 year old retired man? Wow. Shoot for the stars Jake.”
A second said: “Jake fighting a 68 year old because people said he couldn’t. #DreamBig.”
A third added: “Bro go find some shame, how can you agree to fight a legend of this sport when he is now old?”
A fourth fumed: “You’re really good at beating up old washed up fighters. Super pathetic if you ask me.”
A fifth commented: “This fight should not be happening.”
Tyson has put out a video showing his first day of training for the fight and still clearly possesses that knockout power that led to him becoming the youngest heavyweight champion of all time.
Ariel Helwani claims officials are pushing to make the fight a professional one and it will be contested at heavyweight.
Contrary to claims made by Derek Chisora, there will be no headguards – as revealed by Paul’s manager Nakisa Bidarian.
