Mike Tyson once walked out of Jake Paul's sparring session after just 30 seconds
Mike Tyson once spent just 30 seconds watching Jake Paul sparring before walking out - a claim that triggered a “f****** idiot” response from the YouTuber.
The pair are set to go head-to-head later this year. It was confirmed that they will face off at the Dallas Cowboys’ 80,000-seat AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on July 20.
Tyson quit boxing back in June 2005 following a defeat to Irishman Kevin McBride. However, he returned in 2020 and played out a draw in an exhibition against another former world champion, Roy Jones Jr.
Tyson's age will certainly be a disadvantage given he will be 58 at the time of the fight. Regardless, he was not left impressed with Paul after seeing him in action during sparring. Trainer Freddie Roach claimed he walked out after less than a minute back in 2022.
"Tyson looked at him and left," Roach told FightHype. "He watched 30 seconds of him sparring and left. He said, 'Freddie, can we go downstairs and look at the pictures?' That's my gym and he knows that's where the good pictures are. He wasn't as interested as I was."
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He added: "The kid's [Paul] OK, a club fighter... I don't know him personally and I've never really met him. He was in my gym and wondered if they could use the ring and I said go ahead."
Paul had plenty to say about those claims and suggested that Tyson had never actually seen him in action in the first place. Speaking to talkSPORT, he said: "First and foremost, I saw these things that Freddie Roach was saying – that I was like sparring at his gym.
“First of all, I've never even trained at Wild Card gym, Freddie is a f***ing idiot, he's a hater. He literally trains zero good fighters anymore and is a Jake Paul hater. Mike Tyson has never watched me spar, Mike Tyson has never been in the gym at the same time as me sparring.
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“I went to Wild Card like once to talk to somebody for a meeting and for my brother's press conference there. But Mike Tyson wasn't anywhere in the vicinity, so it's just Freddie Roach spreading rumours."
While it was claimed that Tyson was not particularly impressed by Paul, it appears that he has changed his tune slightly since. Speaking after this summer’s bout was announced, the veteran said: “I'm very much looking forward to stepping into the ring with Jake Paul.
“He's grown significantly as a boxer over the years, so it will be a lot of fun to see what the will and ambition of a 'kid' can do with the experience and aptitude of a GOAT. It's a full circle moment that will be beyond thrilling to watch; as I started him on his boxing journey on the undercard of my fight with Roy Jones and now I plan to finish him.”
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