JAKE PAUL has hit back at “jealous” Conor McGregor’s criticism of his fight with Mike Tyson.
YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul faces heavyweight boxing icon Tyson in a controversial clash on July 20 in Texas.
By the time the fight for the ages comes around, Tyson will be 58 and have a 31-year age gap with 27-year-old Paul.
It has led the likes of McGregor to blast the bout but Paul was quick to hit back on his podcast.
He said: “So Conor, you’re saying the interest is low for the fight, but the last fight you announced, there was a thousand articles written in a multi-day span, people talking about your last fight.
“In that same multiple-day span, there were ten thousand articles written about this.
“No fight ever has done these numbers in terms of face-off views and Instagram reels.
“Just on our main pages alone, it’s like 50 or 60 million Instagram views on both of our posts.
“Not to mention every single other sports page posting it. This is, in my mind, the biggest fight the world will ever see.
“There’s no reason for them to be jealous; I get people are jealous, but when the old heads like Conor are trying to hate, it’s like, why are you trying to pull people down?”
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Paul is 9-1 as a boxer, suffering his only defeat last year to Tommy Fury, 24, before bouncing back with three straight wins.
Tyson meanwhile retired in 2005 officially but did return in 2020 to draw over eight exhibition rounds with fellow great Roy Jones Jr.
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McGregor, 35, who has not fought since July 2021 but looks set for a summer return, has been probed on Tyson’s comeback of late.
And he said: “Oh, jeez. It’s a bit strange. The interest is low. I don’t know. I don’t understand it. I wish well for Mike.”
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