Jake Paul called getting slapped by Mike Tyson during Thursday’s weigh-in a “pinch-me moment.”
Well, it’s only going to escalate — and explode — from here tonight when “Iron” Mike Tyson, the Hall of Famer and boxing legend, clashes with Paul at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and live on Netflix.
The buildup of this unconventional fight has included Paul vowing to knock Tyson out, burying the feelings of a generation of fans who grew up watching the legend box, to “The Baddest Man on the Planet” distinguishing that he’s a “natural-born killer,” while labeling Paul just a “manufactured killer.”
And then there’s the fighters’ ages and experience. Tyson is 58-years-old with a professional record of 50-6 (44 KOs) with 2 No Contests, having boxed against Hall of Famers such as Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield and Larry Holmes, while last fighting Roy Jones Jr. in a November 2020 exhibition.
Paul is 27 with a 10-1 record (7 KOs) with six of his wins coming against MMA fighters, one against a fellow YouTuber and another against former NBA player Nate Robinson. Paul’s only loss came at the hands of Tommy Fury, the younger brother of Tyson Fury, by split decision in February 2023.
With his impetuous, impregnable and ferocious style, will Tyson devastate Paul? Or will Paul use his youth to upset “The Baddest Man on the Planet”?
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