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Most boxing followers are PUMPED for Jake Paul and Mike Tyson‘s November struggle. However, there is a group of critics who’ve attacked The Drawback Little one for combating a mid-50s Iron Mike.
We requested 27-year-old Paul what he’d say to the detractors.
“Tell Mike Tyson that. Because he does not give a s*** what anyone thinks,” Paul instructed Babcock on the TMZ Sports activities TV present this week (airs nightly on FS1).
“He’s his own boss. He wants to fight me. He told my team, ‘I don’t give a s*** about this. Like, tell Jake I’m still going to rip his head off and knock him the f*** out. And, this just bought him more time.’ Tell Mike Tyson not to fight and to chill and see how that goes.”
Level taken.
Tyson, who can be 58 on struggle night time, is not being pressured to face Paul. He badly needs the struggle … and a struggle he’ll get on November 15 at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, and streaming to a whole bunch of tens of millions on Netflix.
In fact, the bout was initially scheduled to go down in July, however was postponed after Mike had a medical emergency aboard a cross-country flight final month.
We requested Paul if he was involved the struggle must be referred to as off as soon as Tyson bought sick.
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“I was definitely pretty devastated, but first and foremost I wanted to make sure that Mike was healthy. I love and respect Mike. And, I was pretty devastated for everyone on the undercard as well. This was such an iconic event,” Jake stated.
“But thankfully, Mike’s okay, he’s doing great. And we can still run it at a later date. And, that’s what I’m focused on now, just getting to November 15th and still giving people a historic fight!”
Backside line … do not just like the struggle? Inform Mike. Godspeed.
