Fight fans split on Mike Tyson\u2019s new training footage for Jake Paul Netflix match X\/MikeTysonBoxing legend Mike Tyson posted footage of him training for his return to the ring against Jake Paul and fight fans are mixed on whether \u2018Iron Mike\u2019 still has it in him. On July 20, Mike Tyson will be headed back into the boxing ring to take on influencer Jake Paul in Netflix\u2019s first-ever live boxing event. Fans were immediately baffled at the announcement last week, with many slamming the bout as being a \u201cjoke\u201d for reportedly enforcing headgear while others simply believed Tyson was too past his prime for the fight to be competitive. Tyson has since stepped up and shared footage of his first day of training to take on \u2018The Problem Child\u2019 and while some are impressed with his punching power, others aren\u2019t as convinced. Mike Tyson\u2019s Jake Paul training footage sparks debate In the short ten-second clip, Tyson showed off his punching power and movement, landing some furious blows to his trainer. \u201cIt\u2019s day one, the fun\u2019s just begun,\u201d Mike grinned at the end of the video. Immediately, the combat sports community began to weigh in on the footage, which impressed many, but seemed to only fuel the skepticism of others. Former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen was among the first to take issue with the training clips, pointing out that it didn\u2019t even seem like Tyson put in much work. \u201cIn the future, if you\u2019re ever going to spend five seconds hitting mitts, as a way of making the audience believe you\u2019re doing a training session, make sure you splash water on your face and T-shirt first,\u201d he remarked. \u201cGo watch Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr from a few years ago. Then you\u2019ll get a real idea of what Mike will look like in the ring at nearly 60 and why everyone is calling this matchup a joke,\u201d professional gambler Luca Fury chimed in. For others, the quick clip was enough to get their hopes up that Tyson would be able to bring it and potentially even be the first fighter to ever KO Jake Paul in the middle of the ring. \u201cForget the script. Knock his ass out,\u201d one fan replied. \u201cJake Paul is going to literally die,\u201d another commented. We\u2019ll have to see exactly what \u2013 or who \u2013 goes down on July 20 when Jake Paul and Iron Mike lock horns in a fight many didn\u2019t think would ever happen, including Tyson himself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fight fans split on Mike Tyson\u2019s new training footage for Jake Paul Netflix match X\/MikeTysonBoxing legend Mike Tyson posted footage of him training for his return to the ring against Jake Paul and fight fans are mixed on whether \u2018Iron Mike\u2019 still has it in him. On July 20, Mike Tyson will be headed back […]<\/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-21511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21511","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=21511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}