Jake Paul faces Mike Tyson this summer and the novice fighter has claimed that the former world heavyweight champion will be his toughest test.
Paul has rebuilt brilliantly since losing to Tommy Fury last year and his reward for such progress is a showdown with the menacing Tyson.
In the 1980s, Tyson was boxing’s most dominant fighter as he blasted his way to the top of the division.
Approaching 60, Tyson has been retired from professional boxing since a loss to Kevin McBride in 2005, but Paul is expecting a tricky assignment when the first bell sounds.
“I am biting off a lot. This is definitely the toughest, most savage, lethal opponent regardless of age, because the power is the last thing to go,” said Paul on his BS podcast.
“But the reaction and reception of it is insane. I almost can’t even believe it, so very surreal and very, very grateful for all of that.”