Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson rule changes slammed as \u201cdisgrace\u201d to boxing Associated PressJake Paul and Mike Tyson\u2019s fight has been labeled a \u201cdisgrace\u201d after it was announced that the pair will wear 14 ounce gloves and fight across two-minute rounds. Paul vs Tyson has been officially confirmed as a professional fight, meaning that the result will go on both fighter\u2019s records. Neither \u2018Iron Mike\u2018 nor \u2018The Problem Child\u2018 will wear headgear and knockouts are allowed. The fight will consist of eight two-minute rounds, with Tyson and Paul wearing 14 ounce gloves. And it is the last two points that have led to former world cruiserweight champion, Tony Bellew, take issue with the bout. \u201cIt\u2019s got 14-ounce gloves and you\u2019re fighting two-minute rounds. What the f*** is going on? Who\u2019s commissioned that and who\u2019s approving that? That idiot Jake Paul just wants to be on Mike Tyson\u2019s record. I mean, it is f*****g insane,\u201d Bellew told Ace Odds. \u201cI know what Mike\u2019s doing. Mike doesn\u2019t give a s*** anymore, and I understand why he doesn\u2019t give a s*** about his record, but how are you passing this?\u201d \u201cMike Tyson\u2019s whole career has been fought over three-minute rounds,\u201d he continued. \u201cHow is he allowing a two-minute round bout to go on his professional record? The women\u2019s code is over two-minute rounds, not the men\u2019s. \u201cSo why is a bout over two-minute rounds being deemed as a professional bout? It\u2019s a disgrace. It\u2019s an absolute p*** take.\u201d Tyson, 57, suffered a shock medical emergency which sparked concerns as to whether the fight would indeed go ahead or not. However, the man 30 years Paul\u2019s senior, has put any fears of the contest being called off to rest, after he confirmed that he was back to 100%, something that he claimed he he does not need to be at in order to beat his opponent. It has also been alleged that Tyson could earn less money if he KOs Paul inside the first round, as the fight continues to divide opinion. The fight will be streamed live on Netflix, taking place at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the NFL\u2018s Dallas Cowboys. A mouth-watering $2 million VIP ticket package has already been revealed, ahead of their official sale on Thursday, May 16 at 12pm ET. For all the biggest results and upcoming fights this year, check out Dexerto\u2019s 2024 boxing schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson rule changes slammed as \u201cdisgrace\u201d to boxing Associated PressJake Paul and Mike Tyson\u2019s fight has been labeled a \u201cdisgrace\u201d after it was announced that the pair will wear 14 ounce gloves and fight across two-minute rounds. Paul vs Tyson has been officially confirmed as a professional fight, meaning that the […]<\/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-21618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21618","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=21618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}