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“You Gonna Be Battling Eminem”- Mike Tyson Hypes Up Jake Paul After 26-Year-Old Follows Legendary Boxer’s Suit

Published 08/19/2023, 2:04 PM EDT

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Jake Paul is a man of many talents, it seems. From rising to fame on Vine, to acting with Disney channel, vlogging on YouTube, making music, to finally settling on boxing, he has tried his hand at a variety of crafts. And, in good news for Paul’s fans, he will continue to make music. Paul started his music career with the song ‘It’s Everyday Bro’ back in 2017, which went platinum, and followed this up with other songs.

On Mike Tyson‘s ‘Hotboxin’ podcast, the former Disney star revealed that he will be dropping another rap song soon. This prompted Tyson and his co-host to ask Paul for a preview of the song. The Cleaveland native obliged and Tyson gave his review of the song.

Jake Paul sings his upcoming song for Mike Tyson

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Jake Paul told Tyson that he enjoyed rapping and making songs and came up with the rhyme after while he was bored in his training camp at Puerto Rico. The celebrity boxer initially seemed hesitant to share the song, but did so after being coaxed by ‘Iron Mike’ and his co-host.

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“I’ve been feeling like I’m Johnny Depp on the flying fox in the Caribbean. The goal is never to be fit in there, security keeping it effing, me and money are best of friends, all the knockouts with right hand but the riches good look on the left hand, go marry the queen of Netherlands, Benny Frank will be the best man try to tell you many times,” Paul sang.

Tyson was ticked and praised the 26-year-old. “We got a spitter, we got a spitter,” he said. The youngest boxing heavyweight champion followed up with a prediction that Paul will be involved in rap battles against Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly soon. “You gonna be battling Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly,” he told Paul.

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Who will Jake fight next?

While Paul has not announced his next fight yet, it is expected that he will be re-matching Nate Diaz in an MMA match at PFL. If that bout falls through, there are many other potential opponents for Paul. He has expressed his desire to rematch Tommy Fury in the future. He could fight the loser of the KSI vs. Tommy Fury fight later this year.

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Or, if his brother Logan Paul loses to Dillon Danis, he could avenge his brother against Danis. Or, he could fight his own brother in a much-awaited boxing match. What do you think about the lyrical talents of Jake Paul? let us know in the comments section below.

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Kanishk Thakur is an MMA writer at EssentiallySports. A graduate in political science from Delhi University, his love for writing and MMA made him want to be part of telling the story of the sport. His journalist mother and love for philosophy and research inculcated a staunch rationalism in him, and the need to substantiate every statement he makes with good evidence.
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