An exchange between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul has resurfaced ahead of their July superfight.
A previous exchange between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul has resurfaced ahead of their superfight later this year.
On Thursday it was announced that Paul will be squaring off against the legendary heavyweight at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The bout will take place on July 20 and air all around the world on Netflix.
Paul will be stepping into the ring for the eleventh time and has vowed to put Tyson to “sleep”.
The Problem Child has said he idolised ‘Iron Mike’ until he met him for the first time and he confused him with older brother Logan.
But Tyson also has reason to want to teach the 9-1 boxer a lesson. In a 2021 face-to-face meeting, the youngest heavyweight champion told Paul, “You know Conor McGregor isn’t afraid of you” after he called out the two-weight UFC champion
In response, Paul said, “I don’t give a shit if he’s afraid of me, you don’t have to be afraid of someone to get your a** beat”.
Paul’s retort to the Baddest Man on the Planet could have been deemed disrespectful and there is another story claiming that Tyson left a gym after 30 seconds of watching him spar in Los Angeles.
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Paul’s boxing debut was on the undercard of Tyson’s return in 2020 and now the 57-year-old plans on “finishing him”.
Tyson said: “He’s grown significantly as a boxer over the years, so it will be a lot of fun to see what the will and ambition of a ‘kid’ can do with the experience and aptitude of a GOAT.
“It’s a full circle moment that will be beyond thrilling to watch; as I started him on his boxing journey on the undercard of my fight with Roy Jones and now I plan to finish him.”
Tyson is the favourite boxer that Paul’s dad Greg has ever watched and after being told of their tear-up, he told his son, “He’s gonna be the hardest hitting motherf***er you ever fought”.
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McGregor, meanwhile, has given a damning reaction to the news of the fight, saying that “interest is low” and describing the match-up as a “bit strange”.
