Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson labeled a \u201csham\u201d by ex-UFC champ after medical scare Associated PressJake Paul vs Mike Tyson has been slammed as a \u201csham\u201d and should not go ahead after Tyson\u2019s well documented health scare. That is the scathing view of former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping who has labeled Paul, who boasts a 9-1 record, \u201cembarrassing\u201d for \u201ccherry picking\u201d Tyson, 57, as his next opponent. Paul will face Tyson at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday, July 20, but the fight has faced much criticism, with \u201cIron Mike\u201d more than 30 years his senior. In his prime, Tyson was one of the most ferocious world heavyweight champions in the history of the sport. But the fight has drawn ire from the boxing public, given Tyson has not fought professionally since 2005. Detractors of the fight were only encouraged earlier this week after Tyson took ill on a flight from Miami to Los Angeles on Sunday evening. A mouth ulcer cause Tyson to go dizzy and paramedics were required to treat Tyson once the plane landed at LAX. Tyson has since confirmed the fight with Paul will go ahead but Bisping feels it is \u201cnot a great look\u201d just weeks before the two men meet in the ring. \u201cMike Tyson was involved in a medical emergency,\u201d Bisping said on his YouTube channel. \u201cParamedics had to be rushed onto the plane, the doctors had to come on to take Mike Tyson off the plane: It\u2019s not a good look. This is not good press when you are trying to promote a fight when you are 58 years old. This is just a great example of why a fight like this should not be going ahead. \u201cNow listen, maybe it was an ulcer flare-up, I don\u2019t know anything about ulcers, but what I do know is that the man is going to be 58 years old \u2013 a man in the prime of his life doesn\u2019t have a problem sitting on a plane for a few hours. \u201cI\u2019m not talking s**t about Mike Tyson, he wants to test the waters, he wants to make some money and feel alive, and he wants to do what he does best. \u201cBut that time has passed, that ship has sailed, that plane has left the runway \u2013 but not for a while because it was hot on the plane and then Mike Tyson got an ulcer flare-up. \u201cI think the man is pushing 60 and he\u2019s got some medical problems; maybe he just had a bit of food poisoning or had some food that just didn\u2019t agree with him, but what we do know is that he was carted off the plan by paramedics and they did ask for medical assistance. That\u2019s not a good look. \u201cJake Paul\u2019s in the prime of his life and he\u2019s just cherry-picking another opponent to bolster his resume to make himself look good \u2013 it\u2019s absolutely embarrassing, it\u2019s a shame, it\u2019s a sham, it\u2019s utter horses**t.\u201d Fighters are already queuing up to replace Tyson, should he not be fit enough to take to the ring. Ryan Garcia has offered to step in for \u201cIron Mike\u201d, while UFC Hall of Famer Chael Sonnen has claimed he is the backup fighter should Tyson pull out. And this isn\u2019t the first time that Paul has been accused of \u201ccherry-picking\u201d opponents, after former cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson hit out at the YouTuber-turned-boxer, claiming that the \u2018The Problem Child\u2019 has been \u201cbuying scalps\u201d across his career so far. For all the biggest results and upcoming fights this year, check out Dexerto\u2019s 2024 boxing schedule. Head over to our influencer boxing hub to stay tuned to all the best fights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson labeled a \u201csham\u201d by ex-UFC champ after medical scare Associated PressJake Paul vs Mike Tyson has been slammed as a \u201csham\u201d and should not go ahead after Tyson\u2019s well documented health scare. That is the scathing view of former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping who has labeled Paul, who boasts […]<\/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-21616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21616","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=21616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21616\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}