Mike Tyson hits out at \u201cjealous\u201d critics ahead of Jake Paul fight Associated PressMike Tyson is taking aim at his \u201cjealous\u201d critics ahead of the July 20 fight against Jake Paul. Mike Tyson appeared on Fox News this week to promote his Netflix match against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul. The soon-to-be 58-year-old revealed that it would be an exhibition match with Paul but still a \u201creal\u201d fight, according to Tyson. From UFC champions to high-profile boxing promoters, several within the sports combat community believe it is not a fair fight. Tyson heard these detractors and sent shots back at them during a separate interview with Reuters. \u201cI\u2019m 58, and what? I\u2019m getting billions of views from just talking to somebody about fighting. \u201cEverybody, even most of the athletes, they\u2019re jealous. That\u2019s whack. Who at 58 could sell out an 80,000-seat arena? \u201cTheir parents might not even come to watch them. That\u2019s just keeping it real. They\u2019re too boring for their children to watch. It\u2019s like watching grass grow.\u201d Tyson, a former boxing world champion, hasn\u2019t fought in an official capacity since 2005, but he did have a 2020 exhibition bout vs. Roy Jones Jr. that ended in a draw. Tyson\u2019s upcoming fight with Paul will go down as an exhibition, but \u201cIron Mike\u201d promised to put on a show for his fans by knocking out his opponent. Paul, 27, is 30 years younger than Tyson, and many believe that will be enough for the rising boxer to notch a victory, even if it won\u2019t go on his official record. However, others say Tyson\u2019s power still exists in that thunderous right hand. They\u2019re even warning Paul not to take the fight. No matter how many \u201cjealous\u201d athletes speak out against it, Tyson is committed to proving his doubters wrong \u2014 and earning a handsome payday in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mike Tyson hits out at \u201cjealous\u201d critics ahead of Jake Paul fight Associated PressMike Tyson is taking aim at his \u201cjealous\u201d critics ahead of the July 20 fight against Jake Paul. Mike Tyson appeared on Fox News this week to promote his Netflix match against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul. The soon-to-be 58-year-old revealed that it would […]<\/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-21672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21672","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=21672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}