Friendship is at the heart of how a fight came together between former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and much younger YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul.
Mike Tyson, front left, and Jake Paul, front right, face off during a news conference ahead of their fight, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Irving, Texas.
“And I’m the new kid on the block, the disrupter, loud mouth, polarizing figure,” Paul said. “And I’ve built my career as the heel. Naturally, people want to root against me, and that’s great for the sport of boxing.” Tyson appeared to take offense to the way Paul approached him for the faceoff but didn't bother explaining. “The talk is over,” Tyson, who checked in at 228 pounds, said when one of the hosts tried to ask a question.
Tyson said in a documentary chronicling the preparations for the fight that he lost 26 pounds in the process of recovering. Tyson appeared agitated at both hype events with fans in the Dallas area, first in the weeks before the originally scheduled fight and again at a news conference two nights before the bout.
Tyson, who had two stints in prison over convictions in the 1990s for rape and assault and declared bankruptcy 21 years ago, will get $20 million. Tyson has said he isn't doing the fight for money.
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