Ex-UFC star claims he\u2019s Jake Paul\u2019s backup fighter for Mike Tyson Instagram\/JakePaul\/MikeTysonFormer UFC star Chael Sonnen has claimed that he is Jake Paul\u2019s choice for a backup fighter for Mike Tyson should the Heavyweight boxing icon be unable to make their fight. Ever since Jake Paul and Mike Tyson announced that they would be fighting in July, their fight has had plenty of obstacles to overcome. Not only has the match-up been widely criticized by boxers, boxing fans, and pundits alike, but they\u2019ve also had to contend with the 31-year age gap between them. That has led to some difficult questions about Tyson\u2019s health, and whether or not the fight should be sanctioned as a professional bout. As of now, they will be competing under professional rules. Well, that\u2019s if Tyson makes it to fight night. The 57-year-old had an ulcer flare-up during a flight from Miami to Los Angeles on May 27. \u2018Iron\u2019 Mike has since said he\u2019s \u201c100%\u201d ahead of the fight, but there\u2019s plenty of time between now and then. So much so, that former UFC star Chael Sonne has claimed that Jake has written him into his fight contract as the backup fighter should Tyson be unable to meet him in the ring. \u201cI guess it was wise of Jake Paul to write me into the contract as Tyson\u2019s backup, wasn\u2019t it???\u201d Sonnen tweeted after the news about Tyson\u2019s medical emergency surfaced. The 47-year-old followed that up a day later by saying that Jake would be fearing him if he realized that they\u2019d have to square off at any point. \u201cIf Jake Paul realizes he might be fighting ME in a month, HE may be the one having a heart attack,\u201d Chael posted. Whether or not Chael is telling the truth won\u2019t be revealed until Jake is asked about it, but he\u2019s not the only fighter to say he\u2019d step in. Former WBC Lightweight boxing champ Ryan \u2018KingRy\u2019 Garcia has also offered himself as a replacement for Tyson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ex-UFC star claims he\u2019s Jake Paul\u2019s backup fighter for Mike Tyson Instagram\/JakePaul\/MikeTysonFormer UFC star Chael Sonnen has claimed that he is Jake Paul\u2019s choice for a backup fighter for Mike Tyson should the Heavyweight boxing icon be unable to make their fight. Ever since Jake Paul and Mike Tyson announced that they would be fighting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}