Mike Tyson defends Jake Paul against critics who are \u201cmad\u201d over boxing success YouTube: Jimmy Kimmel\/UninteruptedMike Tyson, once again, stepped to the defense of Jake Paul and said that he is unsure why people are \u201cmad\u201d at the YouTuber seeing as he\u2019s bringing interest and money to boxing. Ever since Jake Paul moved into the world of professional boxing, there have been plenty of outsiders who have criticized his involvement regardless of the intrigue and interest he brings. Former heavyweight king Mike Tyson, though, has constantly praised Jake and his brother Logan for their willingness to fight \u2013 and even believes people are ducking Jake because they don\u2019t want to have the ignominy of losing to a social media star. Tyson\u2019s defense of Jake has always been in regards to the interest and fanbase that he commands, noting that no world champ has the same reach as Jake. On top of that, he also believes the YouTuber-turned-boxer is pretty skilled in the ring and people shouldn\u2019t be \u201cmad\u201d at him. The 55-year-old appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to talk about his viral mid-flight fracas, as well as the possibility of fighting Jake at some point down the line \u2013 which he says needs to happen \u201cthis year.\u201d On the topic of Jake, the boxing icon repeated that he\u2019s good for boxing and deserves a bit more credit. \u201cHe\u2019s beating people who he shouldn\u2019t really be beating and you\u2019ve got to give him that credit,\u201d Tyson told the late-night host. \u201cHe\u2019s doing so much good for boxing. Listen, this guy has got 70 million people following him every time he fights. Champions of the world don\u2019t have that many people following them. So what he\u2019s doing for boxing is just sensational, no one should be hating on that,\u201d Tyson added. \u201cThey should be saying \u2018yeah let\u2019s just fight him\u2019. He\u2019s helping everybody get money, so why are people mad at him?\u201d Timestamp of 7:26 Tyson joked that if he and Jake eventually square off, and he wins, he\u2019ll be able to add himself the \u2018YouTube Champion\u2019 to his glittering list of accolades. As noted, he\u2019s always gone to bat for Jake and, if they ever do fight, that will likely increase his respect for the YouTuber. So, don\u2019t expect to see Tyson change his mind anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mike Tyson defends Jake Paul against critics who are \u201cmad\u201d over boxing success YouTube: Jimmy Kimmel\/UninteruptedMike Tyson, once again, stepped to the defense of Jake Paul and said that he is unsure why people are \u201cmad\u201d at the YouTuber seeing as he\u2019s bringing interest and money to boxing. Ever since Jake Paul moved into 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-55182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55182","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=55182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}