Mike Tyson’s boxing match in opposition to Jake Paul this summer season is prone to be one of many greatest spectacles the sports activities world should provide forward of the Olympics.
And it doesn’t seem that the 57-year-old boxer who was noticed with a cane solely two years in the past is backing down from the problem that the YouTube-star-turned boxer has introduced to him.
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Tyson posted a 14-second montage of coaching movies to his X account on Friday, and with it was a message to Paul.
“You continue to wanna f*** with me?”
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Within the video, Tyson stated he was on his third day of coaching.
The combat was introduced this month. Tyson and Paul will sq. off on July 20 on Netflix at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas – the house of the Dallas Cowboys.
“It’s loopy to suppose that in my second professional combat, I went viral for knocking out Nate Robinson on Mike Tyson’s undercard. Now, lower than 4 years later, I’m stepping as much as face Tyson myself to see if I’ve what it takes to beat certainly one of boxing’s most infamous fighters and largest icons,” Paul stated in an announcement launched by Netflix and Most Useful Promotions (MVP).
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“My sights are set on changing into a world champion, and now I’ve an opportunity to show myself in opposition to the best heavyweight champion ever, the baddest man on the planet and essentially the most harmful boxer of all time. This would be the combat of a lifetime.”
The combat will mark Paul’s second bout of the 12 months and Tyson’s first since his exhibition match with Roy Jones Jr. in 2020.
“He is grown considerably as a boxer over time, so it is going to be numerous enjoyable to see what the desire and ambition of a ‘child’ can do with the expertise and aptitude of a GOAT,” Tyson’s assertion reads.
“It is a full circle second that will probably be past thrilling to look at; as I began him on his boxing journey on the undercard of my combat with Roy Jones and now I plan to complete him.”
Fox Information’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.
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