Morning Report: Jake Paul says ‘one of us has to die’ now that Mike Tyson bout is professional boxing match

Jake Paul is taking Mike Tyson severely. Very severely.

Too severely? We’ll discover out on combat evening in two months inside AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Tex., on July 20. Regardless, the stakes have been raised for each when the bout was formally sanctioned as a professional boxing match this previous week.

It was unknown precisely what sort of boxing match the pairing would compete in on the time of its announcement in March. The age hole between the 27-year-old Paul and 57-year-old Tyson is large sufficient to have brought on concern all through the fight sports activities world. From numerous views, it is going to be nothing greater than a money seize as the primary reside boxing occasion aired on Netflix. For the 9-1 Paul, he’s treating his legendary foe as the identical degree of hazard that he as soon as was in his prime.

“It’s an honor to be within the ring with him, however I’ve to finish him,” Paul said during the Formula One Grand Prix on Monday in Miami (h/t MMA Mania). ‘’It’s battle. All is truthful in love and battle. I really like the man, however as quickly because it was a pro-fight, one in every of us has to die.

“He’s a legend. I really like the man. However on the finish of the day, it’s battle and generally you simply should go to battle and put all of it on the road. I nonetheless have the utmost respect for him, and I believe he’ll say the identical about me and what I’ve accomplished for the game.”

When Tyson (50-6, 2 NC) enters the ring in opposition to “The Drawback Youngster,” it is going to be his first time doing so in an expert method since his loss to Kevin McBride in June 2005. Nonetheless, “Iron Mike” had an exhibition match with Corey Sanders one 12 months later earlier than retiring and finally returning for an additional in opposition to his fellow legend Roy Jones Jr. in November 2020. The bout went all eight rounds and was declared a cut up draw as knockouts weren’t allowed to be wanted.

A win for Paul would prolong his successful streak to 3 straight after a unanimous choice over MMA veteran Nate Diaz and back-to-back first-round knockouts of Andre August and Ryan Bourland.

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