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Mike Tyson is not concerned with Jake Paul’s recent online antics.

On November 15, the ‘Baddest Man on the Planet’ will return to the squared circle for his first professional boxing bout in nearly two decades when he meets ‘The Problem Child’ inside the 80,000-seat AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Over the last few weeks, Paul has posted multiple videos on social media of him in a fat suit eating fried chicken and making a mockery of his training for the highly anticipated clash. To some, it’s clear that ‘El Gallo’ simply isn’t taking his fight with the former unified heavyweight world champion seriously. However, Tyson doesn’t necessarily see it that way.

“Listen, I think he’s taking it very, very seriously because his health depends on it,” Tyson said during a press conference to promote his new energy pouch supplement LF* Go! “And yeah, I’m not looking past him, and I’m not taking him lightly at all.”

mike Tyson looks to hand paul his second career loss

This will be Tyson’s first professional bout since a sixth-round TKO loss against Kevin McBride in 2005. Four years ago, ‘Iron’ did return to the ring for an eight-round charity exhibition fight with legendary pugilist Roy Jones Jr.

Meanwhile, Jake Paul has amassed a solid 10-1 record in his career thus far. Of course, a majority of those wins have come against non-boxers and past their prime MMA stars like Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley, Anderson Silva, and Nate Diaz. His most recent win came in July via a sixth-round TKO against the BKFC’s ‘King of Violence’ Mike Perry.

Paul’s lone loss came via a split decision defeat at the hands of Tommy Fury following a February 2023 clash in Saudi Arabia.

Jake Paul wants to up the ante in his anticipated clash with ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson.

Originally, Paul vs. Tyson was scheduled to go down on July 20, but after the ‘Baddest Man on the Planet’ suffered a medical emergency during a cross-country flight, the contest was moved to Friday, November 15.

Now a month away from fight night, ‘The Problem Child’ is looking to add a fun little stipulation that could bank Tyson an extra $5 million, so long as he can last four rounds with Paul at AT&T Stadium.

But if he can’t, Tyson will have to get the infamous ‘I Love Jake Paul’ tattoo.

“Mikey Mikey, if you can last more than four rounds with me, I’ll give you an extra $5 million,” Paul said. “But if you don’t, then you have to get a tattoo that says, ‘I Love Jake Paul.’”

Even if Tyson lost the best, it would still only be the second-worst tattoo on his body.

Mike Tyson wouldn’t be the first to get the ‘i love jake paul’ tat

Tyson could potentially be the second of Paul’s opponents to end up with the tattoo, the first being Tyron Woodley. Following their clash in August 2021, ‘The Chosen One’ angled for an immediate rematch with Paul. The YouTube star said he’d oblige, but only if Woodley got the tattoo somewhere on his body.

Two weeks later, Woodley got the tattoo on the inner part of his middle finger.

Woodley ended up getting KO’d in the sixth round of their December 2021 rematch, but the former UFC welterweight champion is said to have bagged at least $2 million for the fight.

Jake Paul’s recently released training footage has a lot of fight fans concerned.

On November 15, ‘The Problem Child’ will make his 12th walk to the squared circle inside the 80,000-seat AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Meeting him in the middle of the ring will be former unified heavyweight world champion ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson who competes for the first time as a pro in nearly two decades.

In the weeks leading up to their highly anticipated scrap in The Lone Star State, Paul has stayed active on social media. On Instagram, the YouTuber revealed some recent training footage that left a lot to be desired, and fight fans made it pretty clear in the comments that they were unimpressed with what they were seeing.

 

 

 

 

 

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Fans Roast Jake Paul Over Lackluster Training Footage

“He does not look fit at all,” one commenter wrote in response to the above footage.

“You might be fooling these young kids who didn’t grow up watching Tyson…. Mike is going to knock you all the way back to the Disney channel chump,” another added.

“Real talk! He doesn’t understand who he’s facing. Power doesn’t have an age limit. It stays with muscle memory.”

“Jake Paul gone get slept fighting like that.

“Bros hella uncoordinated.”

“Dude has nothing to do with boxing, he moves like a starter at a street fight.”

“7 year olds box better than him.”

Even Mike Tyson had a few things to say about Paul’s training footage.

As it stands, Jake Paul is a near 3-to-1 favorite with DraftKings sportsbook listing him as a -290 favorite. ‘The Problem Child’ goes into the bout having gone 10-1 in his professional boxing career, his lone loss coming against Tommy Fury in February 2023.

Since then, he has won four straight, including a unanimous decision win over Nate Diaz and a sixth-round TKO against the BKFC’s ‘King of Violence’ Mike Perry.