Mike Tyson couldn’t wait to placed on the gloves to take a shot at upcoming opponent Jake Paul, hanging the social media influencer-turned-boxer within the face as they approached one another at Thursday’s weigh-in at Arlington, Texas.
The one-time “Baddest Man on the Planet,” 58-year-old Tyson is returning to the ring for his first skilled struggle in 19 years towards “ultimate heel” Paul within the wildly anticipated showdown at AT&T Stadium on Friday.
There was no love misplaced between the 2 as Tyson, who weighed in at 228.4 kilos, approached Paul and instantly slapped the 27-year-old within the face and provided a two-word televised comment earlier than strolling off stage: “Talking’s over.”
Paul, who gained a cult following on YouTube earlier than turning to boxing 4 years in the past, was much more loquacious, providing an expletive-riddled rant about his plans to demolish Tyson, who has a 50-6 report with 44 knockouts.
“He’s angry, he’s an angry little elf,” stated Paul, who weighed in at 227.2 kilos. “It’s personal now – he must die!”
The struggle is the primary reside boxing match that Netflix has aired, because the streamer with greater than 280 million subscribers makes inroads into the sports activities area.
The match has drawn extraordinary international curiosity but additionally criticism, with British promoter Eddie Hearn dismissing the bout as “dangerous, irresponsible and disrespectful to boxing.”
Tyson, a beloved popular culture icon in America regardless of his 1992 rape conviction, insisted to Reuters in an interview final month that the struggle was not concerning the payday.
“This is not for financial reasons. My life is not going to change, not one percentage after this fight. We will always be able to live this way,” he stated.
“And I’m just doing it because I want to test myself.”
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