Jake Paul warned he\u2019ll be \u201cin a really bad way\u201d vs Mike Tyson \u2013 on one condition Associated PressJake Paul could end up in a \u201creally bad way\u201d in his fight with Mike Tyson if he doesn\u2019t show the boxing great the \u201crespect he deserves\u201d. That is the frank verdict of former world cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew, who believes it is \u201cfrightening\u201d to see Tyson enter the ring with a fighter 30 years his junior. Paul, 27, and Tyson, 57, will face off at the AT&T Stadium in Texas on July 20, in what will be Netflix\u2019s first foray into live boxing broadcasting. Tyson, a former world heavyweight champion, has not fought professionally since a defeat to Kevin McBride in 2005 and last fought in an exhibition against Roy Jones Jr in 2020. Paul, meanwhile, has a 9-1 record in the ring and continues to navigate the crossover from YouTube star to fighter. Bellew hopes Paul vs Tyson is a \u201ccircus\u201d The \u201cProblem Child\u201d will enter as a favorite against \u201cIron Mike\u201d and Bellew is hopeful Tyson doesn\u2019t end up hurt but concedes he would have probably took the fight, too, for the right price. \u201cI am worried about it personally but you don\u2019t know what\u2019s been agreed between the two,\u201d Bellew told Spin Bet. \u201cIt\u2019s frightening that Mike Tyson is going back into a boxing ring against somebody who is more than 30 years younger than him. It\u2019s just a bit nuts. \u201cI\u2019m hoping that the fight is a bit of a circus and a bit scripted because I wouldn\u2019t want to see Mike get hurt in any way shape or form. Let\u2019s see what happens. \u201cHe is going to be getting paid an awful lot of money and nobody has the right to stop him from doing that. \u201cIt is sad. I don\u2019t want to see Mike Tyson get hurt, he is one of my idols and heroes, I love Mike Tyson and I don\u2019t want to see him get hurt, but I understand it because everyone needs to get paid. \u201cEverybody has a price and all of these people saying on social media why is he doing that, they also have a price and everyone in the world does and if the price is right then get on with it. \u201cIf somebody offers me the right price, then I\u2019m sorry to say that I am fighting again. I hope Jake Paul gives him the respect he deserves, and I think he will, because if Mike kicks off then Jake Paul is in a really bad way. He\u2019d pull his head off his neck.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul warned he\u2019ll be \u201cin a really bad way\u201d vs Mike Tyson \u2013 on one condition Associated PressJake Paul could end up in a \u201creally bad way\u201d in his fight with Mike Tyson if he doesn\u2019t show the boxing great the \u201crespect he deserves\u201d. That is the frank verdict of former world cruiserweight champion […]<\/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-21627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21627","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=21627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}