Mike Tyson has a message for worried fans about his grandfatherly age of 58. Tyson thanks the fans for their concern, but he will still go through with his fight against YouTuber Jake Paul this Friday, November 15th.
Tyson says he’s a different person now than he was in 2005 because he was using narcotics and drinking back then. He may be kidding himself. The 38-year-old Tyson, who lost to Kevin McBride by a sixth-round knockout on June 11th, would beat the current 58-year-old version of himself.
Mike Tyson’s net worth is estimated at $10 million, so he’ll add to that total nicely after Friday’s fight against Paul, which will be eight two-minute rounds using 14-oz gloves. If Tyson wins, it’s great, but that probably won’t happen. Jake is a mediocre fighter, but he is 27 and has pop in his right hand.
Tyson: A Different Person
The former unified heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is getting paid $20 million smackers for the fight with Paul on Netflix at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. With the money Tyson is getting for the Jake Paul fight, it may not matter to him if he gets knocked out. Tyson will cry all the way to the bank.
Tyson looked very old in his exhibition match against Roy Jones Jr. four years ago on November 28, 2020. I can’t imagine Tyson looking better on Friday than he did in that match unless he’s discovered the Fountain of Youth is aging backward.
“Thank you very much for being concerned, but I am. I’m going to be okay. I was a different person. I was using narcotics and alcohol back then. I’m not that person anymore. I see a better picture of myself. I see the light. I see the world from a different perspective now,” said Mike Tyson to Manouk Akopyan about how he’s a different person than he was 19 years ago when he last fought professionally in a sixth-round knockout loss to Kevin McBride in 2005.
Mike Tyson’s legacy will be tarnished with a knockout loss to Jake Paul, and it will look bad for him afterward. Many fans are already down on Tyson for how his career ended with losses to Kevin McBride, Danny Williams, and Lennox Lewis. But to get beaten by a no-talent influencer like Jake will be the worst of the worst.
Fans see Friday’s Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight as trash, and that’s basically what it is. The undercard is also pure garbage, with not one compelling fight among the bunch.
WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios defends against Abel Ramos, a fighter who has lost two out of his last three fights. Let that sink in.
