The way in which Jake Paul's fight against Mike Tyson unfolded raised eyebrows at Sylvester Stallone.
Twice as old as his opponent, Mike Tyson still chose to face Jake Paul. At fifty-eight years old,
“Iron Mike” returned to the ring to face the YouTuber of twenty-seven springs who ended up winning by unanimous decision of the judges after eight rounds. But since then, there have been numerous comments and the hypothesis of a fake meeting continues to be debated on social networks. Sylvester Stallone even weighed in on the subject.
The famous American actor who played the boxer Rocky Balboa on screen, came out of silence this week to give his point of view. And when Jake Paul himself claimed after the fight that he had voluntarily held back out of respect for Mike Tyson so as not to knock him out, Stallone judged on the contrary that it was the veteran who had restrained his blows. “Just to give my personal point of view. […] I've known this incredible athlete since he was nineteen and what we saw was him delivering one of the greatest, Oscar-worthy performances of all time. Please Jake, be grateful HE SPARED YOU! Believe me..”
Tyson would have spared Paul
For someone who also played the character of John Rambo for decades, Mike Tyson would have done what was necessary to ensure that the show lasted as long as possible and that Jake Paul remained on his two legs until the end of the fight. Totally a Tyson fan, Stallone continued: “Keep hitting Mike, there would never be a GUY like you, a GLADIATOR like you, a SOUL like you!” Keep hitting, champion of champions! I remember running into him one day and telling myself that I had been hit by a crazy BULLDOZER!!! »
Meanwhile during the fight, it was Jake Paul who hit his opponent seventy-eight times when Mike Tyson only hit him eighteen times. However, everyone is free to draw the conclusions they want from this confrontation.
