Mike Tyson addresses $50 million Jake Paul fight claims and it\u2019s bad news Instagram: Jake PaulBoxing icon Mike Tyson has responded to claims that he and Jake Paul are \u201con board\u201d for a $50 million mega-fight later this year. With more influencers and athletes from other sports stepping into the boxing scene, many boxers, promoters, and fight fans have been skeptical about the whole thing. A few have had harsh words to say about the likes of Jake Paul, but the YouTuber has garnered a massive supporter in the form of boxing icon \u2018Iron\u2019 Mike Tyson. The 55-year-old has praised both Jake and Logan Paul\u2019s boxing skills, and believes they\u2019re only helping the sport by putting new eyes on it. With Tyson being a vocal supporter of the social media stars, he\u2019s previously said he wouldn\u2019t fight either of them. However, there have been reports that he and Jake Paul are \u201con board\u201d for a fight in 2022. Those reports surfaced on January 17, claiming that a \u201cverbal deal has been struck\u201d for a bout in Las Vegas to place in 2022, that the organizers believed would be worth around $50 million. While Jake has, in the past, been quick to comment on such rumors \u2013 just as he has been doing with all the talk surrounding Saul \u2018Canelo\u2019 Alvarez\u2019s next opponent \u2013 he hasn\u2019t said anything just yet. Though, Tyson has done so, playing down the reports. \u201cThis is new to me,\u201d the former Heavyweight champion tweeted a few hours after the initial reports. \u201cI saw Jake in St. Barths and he never mentioned it.\u201d This is new to me. I saw Jake in St. Barths and he never mentioned it. https:\/\/t.co\/eL01HDMdmr \u2014 Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) January 17, 2022 While Tyson\u2019s response could be used to build a bit of hype around things, it is a different tone compared to the last time he was rumored to be putting the gloves back on. In October, when the boxing legend had reportedly agreed to a clash with Logan Paul, he admitted that \u201canything is possible\u201d and spoke about how charities would benefit. Time will tell if these new fight claims end up being right, but they\u2019re not off to a great start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mike Tyson addresses $50 million Jake Paul fight claims and it\u2019s bad news Instagram: Jake PaulBoxing icon Mike Tyson has responded to claims that he and Jake Paul are \u201con board\u201d for a $50 million mega-fight later this year. With more influencers and athletes from other sports stepping into the boxing scene, many boxers, promoters, […]<\/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-55176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55176","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=55176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}