Ex-world champion claims he would go to prison for Mike Tyson if Jake Paul hurts him Associated PressFormer world cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew has claimed it would \u201cabsolutely kill\u201d him to see Mike Tyson get hurt by Jake Paul in their upcoming fight. So much so, that the former champion has claimed he would \u201chappily\u201d spend a couple of weeks in prison to exact revenge for one of his boxing heroes, should he lose to Paul in their upcoming fight on July 20. 27-year-old Paul will take on Tyson, who turns 58 before their fight, at the AT&T stadium in Arlington, Texas, in front of the Netflix cameras. The pair embarked on their first press conference promoting the fight in New York on Monday and will come face to face again on Thursday at a second press conference in Texas. In his prime, Tyson was one of the most destructive heavyweight champions in the history of the sport but the fact Paul is fighting him in his late 50s has drawn some ire from purist boxing fans. Love him or hate him, Paul\u2019s crossover from YouTube star to boxer has seen him become one of the sport\u2019s biggest draws in terms of ticket sales and pay-per-view buys. Nonetheless, Bellew is less than impressed with all parties involved that the fight has been made, particularly now it has been sanctioned as a professional fight. \u201cMike is probably getting between $20-50 million for this fight, I\u2019m not going to lie, I\u2019d do it,\u201d Bellew told Boyle Sports. \u201cEveryone has got a price. But if Jake Paul hurts Mike Tyson it would absolutely kill me. If he hurt Mike Tyson and then I run into Jake Paul, I\u2019d chin him, quite happily. I would even spend a couple weeks in the big house for that. \u201cIt\u2019s a sad, sad day. It\u2019s not a professional contest really because only women fight two minute rounds, men do not fight two minutes. But Jake Paul is so f*****g pig headed, he wants it to go on Mike Tyson\u2019s record. \u201cHopefully Mike chins him and puts him to sleep in six or seven seconds. The age Tyson is at, he could be Jake Paul\u2019s grandfather, so it\u2019s sad really. It should have been left as an exhibition. \u201cBut that\u2019s who he is, he\u2019s after clout and fame. I just hope Mike has that one punch left in him. He will never lose that punch, he\u2019s lost the snap and sharpness of it, but if he turns a right hand over and hits Jake Paul on the chin, the boy is going to sleep. \u201cBut at 58 years old it\u2019s f*****g frightening, this is show business. This really isn\u2019t boxing. \u201cI don\u2019t think Netflix cares about Mike\u2019s health, they generated $25billion last year. Netflix doesn\u2019t give a s**t about Mike Tyson. No one cares and the saddest part is, Mike knows that \u2013 he\u2019s been there, done it and got the T-shirt.\u201d The build-up to Paul vs Tyson has already been spicy, with Tyson warning his rival that his life will be on the line when they meet in the ring on July 20. To keep up to date with all of the latest boxing fights and results, follow our 2024 boxing schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ex-world champion claims he would go to prison for Mike Tyson if Jake Paul hurts him Associated PressFormer world cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew has claimed it would \u201cabsolutely kill\u201d him to see Mike Tyson get hurt by Jake Paul in their upcoming fight. So much so, that the former champion has claimed he would \u201chappily\u201d […]<\/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-21507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21507","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=21507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}