Mike Tyson Assumes Responsibility for Logan Paul’s Move to Boxing: ‘We Started a New Genre’

Logan Paul is an extraordinary bigwig who’s made steady inroads in the boxing space. The YouTuber burst into the scenes with his dual boxing encounters against fellow YouTuber KSI. Post that, he only went on to accrue an extensive amount of eyeballs around him and he’s even having the attention of biggies like Mike Tyson.

‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’ was recently in a chat with Shannon Sharpe. Here, he spoke about whether he looked to knock Roy Jones Jr. in their exhibition. Also, he simultaneously shed some light on Logan Paul and his boxing run.

“No, I would never try to knock but we’re sparring, we’re fighting, but the thing is we started a new genre. Now we got guys like Logan Paul doing,” he said.

Mike Tyson further added, “I think Logan Paul is a big shot in the arm for boxing. No boxer has ever brought that many people to the network, like Logan Paul did. And I think he’s good for boxing. He brings money to boxing”

Paul took up an exhibition fight against Floyd Mayweather last year. Prior to this fight getting materialized, many believed Paul would get knocked out cold by the ‘Pretty Boy’.

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However, ‘The Maverick’ turned the tables as he took the fight to a commendable draw. Since then, he raised his stakes in the boxing space. Also, he was trending over the internet last year for his exhibition fight against Mike Tyson.

Will Logan Paul fight Mike Tyson?

In the concluding months of 2021, there was massive news surrounding Mike Tyson and Logan Paul’s exhibition fight.

The two men were also reported to fight each other by February 2022. But there seems nothing on the line for this fight.

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That said, the duo might not fight each other as Mike Tyson himself isn’t keen on taking up the ring space again. With this, Logan Paul has many other options apart from fighting the ex-heavyweight king. It’ll be interesting to see who he finally faces upon his boxing return.

What do you draw off Tyson’s above comments?