Mike Tyson has revealed that he would like to take on Jake Paul in a boxing match against a “billion dollar”. The former heavyweight world champion has not fought professionally since 2005, but is back in the ring for a lucrative showdown against Roy Jones Jr in 2020.
Tyson is widely regarded as one of the greatest boxing fighters after spending three years as an undisputed world heavyweight champion and recording a knockout-to-win ratio of 88 percent over the course of his career. It seems doubtful that he will return to the sport in a professional capacity after celebrating his 55th birthday last year, but a fight with Paul has been announced as a potential avenue for the Brooklyn native to discover if he decides to return once again. the Ring to come. erem.
YouTube star Paul, who has won all of his five professional fights to date, has spent time with Tyson on several recent occasions to resolve rumors that a fight could potentially be arranged in the near future. However, the prospect of such a match-up seems unlikely based on Tyson’s insistence that a 10-figure pay package would be required to agree to the terms.
“One billion dollars,” he replied when asked how much it would take to exchange blows with Paul. “We need to get some more [money] Mann. S ***, blue-eyed, blond hair … that S *** is very expensive. We need to get some more money, man. “
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Paul eliminated all opponents he has faced in the ring so far after stopping former UFC champion Tyron Woodley in his last outing at the end of last year. However, Tyson had previously thwarted the idea of taking up the challenge by insisting that he was not interested in confronting Paul when asked in January.
“It was all word of mouth and stuff, I do not know,” Tyson said in an episode of the Full Send podcast. “I’m not even interested in doing these things. It’s fun. When it was back to when I first started, yes, and we were both fighting on the same card, we were both active, yes, I would. to do.
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“But it just turned out bad, it will not be right. Every 12 or 13 months it lacks something like, boom, I lose muscle mass. I wanted to do it the first time just for fun, other people took it to the financial level. and I did not enjoy it anymore. “
Tyson has admitted to being a fan of the YouTube boxing scene on several occasions and has previously spoken of his admiration for the work of Paul and his brother Logan, who also fought professionally. Paul is currently taking time out of the ring to promote Amanda Serrano’s future clash with Katie Taylor and is not expected to return until at least April.
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