YouTuber Jake Paul and heavyweight boxing legend Mike Tyson finally met in a long-awaited match Friday night at AT&T Stadium in Dallas.
But after seeing Paul call out to him after his win over Mike Perry in July, Tyson revealed what he believes is the biggest difference between him and Paul.
“There are fundamental differences between me and Jake,” Tyson said in an interview. Netflix A documentary promoting the fight. “He's a manufactured murderer. Television and newspapers made him a murderer. He's manufactured. I'm a born murderer. That's the difference.”
This fight will be fixed on Netflix, with the main card scheduled to begin at 8pm ET.
Paul was scheduled to fight Tyson in July. However, that date was postponed after the former heavyweight champion suffered a medical episode that required the match to be postponed. Perry filled the vacancy left by Tyson, but was heavily bloodied in the process.
The possibility that Tyson, 58, would be better off not fighting a power puncher nearly 30 years his junior was raised after Tyson was forced to abandon his original July fight date. But Tyson not only made it clear he was going to fight, he also told reporters why he was fighting.
“I'm a glory junkie. I love that people think about me all day long,” Tyson said. esquire. “I would rather live a short glorious life than a long life of obscurity. That is who I am.
“This is what I started fighting for, to get this damn position,” he later continued. “I'm going to spend the rest of my life chasing it. I know that. I'm a pain-sensitive person, so I'll never get what I want. I'll never be satisfied. .”
Jake Paul will do his best to cause as little pain as possible to Tyson when the two face off on Friday night.
