Jake Paul makes two things clear about Mike Tyson: A) He respects the man. B) He intends to end it once and for all.
A battle of words and Instagram videos is inching closer to an actual fight with gloved fists on July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Paul ignored a lot of the noise and made his intentions clear regarding this fight.
“I love Mike. I respect him so much. It’s an honor to be in the ring with him. But I have to finish him,” Paul said. USA Today.
“It’s war. All is fair in love and war. I love the fighter, but the moment it becomes a professional fight, one of us has to die.”
Jake Paul punches Nate Robinson in the first round of the Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. Presents by Triller match at Staples Center on November 28, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Throw. (Joe Scarnici/Getty Images, Triller)
Some speculated that the match between Tyson and Paul might not be an actual sanctioned boxing match. Instead, the two fighters threw cautious shots with pre-agreed limits to keep everyone safe.
That could still happen, but that speculation changed, at least somewhat, last week when the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation sanctioned the contest as a professional boxing match rather than just an exhibition.
“This will be a professional fight with a referee and a judge, and the result will count as part of the fighter’s professional record. So this is an actual competitive fight,” a TDLR spokesperson told The Associated Press. Told.
However, one change is that the gloves are larger and the rounds are shorter.
Mike Tyson, 57, gives a first-person view of what Jake Paul is facing on July 20th…
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Paul is 9-1, with his only loss coming by split decision to Tommy Fury, the only professionally trained boxer Paul has faced. Tyson’s stellar record is well known. He has raised his hand 50 times in his career, but only suffered defeat six times.
This record does not include Tyson’s victory in an exhibition match against fellow former champion Roy Jones Jr. in 2020, when he was just 54 years old.
