Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Friday November 15, 2024 at 5:23 p.m.
The clash between former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson (58 years old) and YouTuber Jake Paul (27 years old), scheduled for Friday evening, could resemble a boxing parody, but will pay off big for the winner.
This will be a great first in the history of boxing. Who has yet seen others. The fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul, scheduled for Friday evening in the gigantic ATamp;T Stadium in Arlington (Texas), the home of the Dallas Cowboys, will be the one which will present the largest age difference ever seen between two fighters in the history of the noble art, since “Iron Mike”, former youngest heavyweight world champion in history, is today 58 years old, while his opponent, a YouTuber converted boxer and nicknamed the “Problem Child” is him aged 27 years.
Tyson slaps Paul during weigh-in
A very official confrontation, initially scheduled for July, but postponed due to Tyson's discomfort, which some consider already arranged and which has all the makings of a circus, in line with most of Paul's previous fights. If he has a record of 10 victories for one setback, the younger brother of Logan Paul, another controversial Youtuber who also did boxing, and was first to be opposed to Tyson, before moving on to wrestling, mainly faced former MMA fighters not known for their striking, but also a former NBA player, Nate Robinson. And he suffered his only defeat against the only “real” boxer he fought, Tommy Fury, the half-brother of Tyson Fury, better known for his family and his participation in a reality TV show than his career as a pugilist. .
40 million for the winner?
Tyson (50 victories, including 44 by KO, for 6 defeats), who committed himself during a rather pathetic exhibition of old glories against Roy Jones in 2020, has not competed in an official fight since 2005, and he can't wait to fight it out. He also slapped his young opponent during the weigh-in, just to stir things up. “I didn't feel anything, it was a very small slap. He's angry. He's a very angry little goblin,” reacted Paul, who promised a knockout and assured that he could win some 40 million dollars during this funny confrontation broadcast on Netflix. And which is therefore likely to resemble a parody of boxing, unlike the real flagship fight of the evening, the duel between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano for the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring lightweight belts.
