Mike Tyson Walks Away From an Interview After Being Asked About the Jake Paul Fight

Jan 20, 2022 | 5:30 AM EST

Mike Tyson Walks Away From an Interview After Being Asked About the Jake Paul Fight

Jan 20, 2022 | 5:30 AM EST

It’s been more than a month since Jake Paul bagged his biggest career win against Tyron Woodley. The pair squared off in a rematch, wherein the YouTuber turned boxer hammered Woodley with a thunderous right hand. Ever since then, fans have remained curious about his next opponent. Many fans even drew a matchup between ‘The Problem Child’ and the retro heavyweight kingpin, Mike Tyson.

There’s hardly any relevance in this fight as there’s a mammoth gap between the duo’s age, skills, and more. Now, this fantasy fight may be off as Tyson poured cold water on it with his reaction.

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When ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’ was recently out for dinner in LA with his family, a reporter seemed eager to get his opinion on a potential Jake Paul fight. To everyone’s surprise, Tyson ignored this question and walked ahead.

Mike Tyson, who took an exhibition against Roy Jones Jr. in 2020, seemed keen to come back and fight again. Also, in the concluding months of 2021, there was massive news on the internet on Mike Tyson’s fight with ‘The Problem Child’s brother, Logan Paul.

However, nothing official arrived on the developments of this fight. Hence, the rumor mill moved onto Jake Paul.

While ‘Iron’ could have walked away as he wanted some personal time with his family, an initial take could be that he has zero interest in a fight with the YouTuber. Also, a couple of days back, Tyson ended the rumors on a potential fight with ‘The Problem Child’.

Mike Tyson once remained open to fight Logan Paul and Jake Paul

On his Hotboxin’ podcast, Mike Tyson revealed his aspiration to fight either of the Paul brothers in a chat with Freddie Gibbs. ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’ said, ”Well, that’s the money fight.”

“Those are the fights that make the money. Those guys have 75 million people watching them.”

Responding to a question on whether he’d be open to fighting Jake or Logan Paul, Tyson said, “Hell yeah. They would, that would be a lot of money.”

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Prathamesh Singh Chauhan is a Boxing Author at EssentiallySports. He is a graduate from the International Institute of Sports Management who combines his love for sports, particularly combat sports, and his flair for writing and analysis to help him in his day-to-day work. He has prior professional experience with sporting organizations such as Star Sports, Khelo India, and NBA. Chauhan explores and analyses a sport he has been following ever since Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte engaged in a duel in 2015. He adores old-school punchers like Manny Pacquiao, as well as modern-day greats such as 'The Gypsy King'. In his downtime, he engages in rigorous workouts to cater to his love for fitness.

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