Jake Paul says it’s his destiny to knock out former unified heavyweight champion Mike Tyson this Friday, November 15th, on Netflix at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. This is non-PPV.
This is a big step up in class for Jake to take on 58-year-old Mike Tyson, who still looks powerful and dangerous at his age. Paul has yet to fight a world-class fighter during his four-year professional career. 12-oz gloves will be worn for this fight rather than the usual 10-oz for heavyweight clashes, and it’ll be an eight-rounder with two-minute rounds.
This fight comes down to whether Mike Tyson still possesses the explosiveness to connect with speedy power shots against the novice Jake Paul, who has never fought anyone close to the kind of talent that the former world champion possessed during his career.
Jake Paul Taking Big Risk
He’s been fighting a mix of social media influencers, former basketball players, and washed former MMA fighters. In Jake’s only career defeat, he was beaten by cruiserweight Tommy Fury by an eight-round split decision on February 26th, 2023.
Tommy is a British domestic-level fighter, mostly known for being the brother of former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Still, he is seen as a limited, low-level, second-tier guy. Jake losing to Tommy puts things in perspective a bit, showing where he’s at regarding his boxing ability.
Paul’s Recent fights:
– Mike Perry
– Ryan Bourland
– Andre August
– Nate Diaz
– Tommy Fury: *Real boxer, albeit at the British domestic level
Jake can still punch and has the youth advantage of Tyson, who hasn’t fought in 19 years since June 11, 2005. Tyson looked shot at that point, losing to the journeyman Kevin McBride by a sixth-round knockout. That was a signal that Tyson had nothing left, as McBride had never beaten anyone before, and his career quickly faded away into dust afterward.
The 27-year-old YouTuber Jake Paul (10-1, 7 KOs), who has amassed a huge fortune estimated at $80 million by Celebrity Net Worth, is facing the former King of the heavyweight division, Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) in an eight-round fight that will count in the record books.
Jake is reportedly getting a purse of around $40 million for Friday’s fight, whereas Tyson will be getting $20 million.
Paul Certain Of Victory
“When it happens, it’s going to be a little bittersweet because I have love for him, but at the current moment, we’re meant to go to war,” said Jake Paul on his YouTube channel when asked what it will mean for him to defeat Mike Tyson on Friday night.
If Tyson can land some of his power shots, he could knock out Jake, but it’s questionable whether he can get to him. In Mike’s workout clips, he looks painfully slow and nothing like the fighter he was 20+ years ago during his pro career. The years have been hard on Iron Mike. Moreover, we don’t know whether Tyson can fight hard without gassing out after one or two rounds.
In Tyson’s last two defeats of his career against McBride and Danny Williams, he faded after two rounds and was knocked out by both fighters.
“He’s trying to take food off my plate. I’m trying to take food off his plate, and that’s what warriors do,” said Jake about Tyson. “For me, I’ve dreamed this, and it’ll be the start of what has been a 12-year career for me. This is my moment, my time to shine, and I’m going to show the world who I am.”
Jake is filthy rich with generational-type money, and his career will still keep humming along, bringing in the dough, even if Mike Tyson knocks him out. There would be no shame in getting beaten by a great like Tyson, especially considering Jake’s lack of experience going into this match. He’s not faced anyone remotely world-class yet.
“Nothing has ever been given to me. I’ve had to work for it all,” said Jake. “Suppressed by everyone, kicked off of YouTube, kicked off of platforms, and here I am throwing the biggest event in all of entertainment actually.”
Jake has got the victim mentality going for him here, and he sounds like he’s feeling sorry for himself despite being one of the rich fat cats. He’s had a lot of help making his cash, and he doesn’t need to play the victim card.
“Now, it shows the rest of the world what hard work and perseverance can do. I’m just happy to show that to other kids who maybe have to go through adversity that have to fight, and have to keep proving themselves time and time again. Yeah, it’s already written,” said Paul about him knocking out Mike Tyson on Friday.
