Video: Mike Tyson Hypes Jake Paul Boxing Match as ‘Supreme Fight In Historic previous of Life’
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Mike Tyson overrated his upcoming bout with Jake Paul earlier than Friday’s match at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
“This is the supreme fight within the history of life. There’s never been a fight this tall,” Tyson suggested TMZ Sports activities on Tuesday.
When asked for a round prediction, Tyson answered, “Smartly, I’m now not a psychic, however he’s going to be sound asleep.”
The upcoming bout will impress Tyson’s first professionally sanctioned fight since 2005.
Tyson, 58, is a outmoded world heavyweight champion who enters the fight with a file of 50-6 (44 knockouts.) He most currently saw motion in 2020 with an exhibition match towards Roy Jones Jr.
Paul, a 27-yr-aged outmoded YouTuber who started his legitimate boxing profession in 2018, enters the bout with a 10-1 file (seven knockouts.) He has won four straight fights, most currently scoring a sixth-round TKO victory over Mike Perry in July.
The 2 enjoy been on the initiating region to meet in July sooner than the fight became delayed after Tyson suffered an ulcer flare-up.
“Ignore that, I’m correct now… there’s nothing that is going to hinder me from beating Jake Paul,” Tyson acknowledged when asked about his outdated neatly being disorders by TMZ Sports activities.
Tyson confirmed that he lost around 20 kilos when going thru the neatly being train, however acknowledged he had “gotten all of it support.”
Netflix has previewed the upcoming bout with Countdown: Paul vs. Tyson, a documentary series detailing Paul and Tyson’s coaching for the fight.
The match, which is determined to occur at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, will likely be streamed on Netflix. The fight card is rounded out by Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano for the ladies’s sizable light-weight title, Mario “El Azteca” Barrios vs. Abel Ramos for the welterweight title and Neeraj Goyat vs. Whindersson Nunes in a huge middleweight bout.