Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson: fight preview, prediction, how to watch

Jake Paul says it is his destiny to eliminate former unified heavyweight champion Mike Tyson on Netflix on Friday, November 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. This is non-PPV.

This is a big step up in class for Jake to take on 58-year-old Mike Tyson, who still looks powerful and dangerous at his age. Paul has yet to fight a world-class fighter during his four-year professional career. For this fight, 12-oz gloves will be worn instead of the usual 10-oz gloves for heavyweight fights, and it will be an eight-rounder with two-minute rounds.

This fight comes down to whether Mike Tyson still has the explosiveness to connect with quick power shots against the upstart Jake Paul, who has never fought anyone close to the kind of talent the former world champion possessed during his career .

Jake Paul takes big risks

He has fought a mix of social media influencers, former basketball players and former MMA fighters. In Jake’s only career defeat, he was defeated by cruiserweight Tommy Fury on February 26, 2023 via an eight-round split decision.

Tommy is a British national-level fighter, best known as the brother of former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Yet he is seen as a limited, low-ranking, second-rate man. Jake losing to Tommy puts things into perspective a bit and shows where he stands in terms of his boxing skills.

Paul’s recent fights:

–Mike Perry
–Ryan Bourland
– André Augustus
–Nate Diaz
– Tommy Fury: *Real boxer, albeit at British domestic level

Jake can still punch and has the youth advantage of Tyson, who hasn’t fought in 19 years since June 11, 2005. Tyson appeared shot at the time, losing to journeyman Kevin McBride by sixth-round knockout. That was a signal that Tyson had nothing left, as McBride had never beaten anyone, and his career quickly faded into dust after that.

27-year-old YouTuber Jake Paul (10-1, 7 KOs), who has amassed a huge fortune estimated at $80 million from Celebrity Net Worth, faces the former king of the heavyweight division, Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) in an eight-round fight that will go down in the record books.

Jake reportedly gets a bag $40 million for Friday’s fight, while Tyson will get $20 million.

Paul Sure of victory

“If it happens it will be a little bittersweet because I love him, but right now we are meant to go to war,” Jake Paul said on his YouTube channel when asked what it will mean to him . to beat Mike Tyson on Friday night.

If Tyson can land some of his power shots, he can take Jake out, but the question is whether he can reach him. In Mike’s training clips, he looks painfully slow and nothing like the fighter he was during his professional career more than 20 years ago. The years have been tough for Iron Mike. Plus, we don’t know if Tyson can fight hard without gassing after one or two rounds.

In Tyson’s last two career losses to McBride and Danny Williams, he faded after two rounds and was knocked out by both fighters.

‘He’s trying to take food off my plate. I try to take food off his plate, and that’s what warriors do,” Jake said of Tyson. “For me, I dreamed of this, and it will be the start of a 12-year career for me. This is my moment, my time to shine, and I’m going to show the world who I am.”

Jake is filthy rich with generational moneyand his career will still go on and bring in the money even if Mike Tyson knocks him out. There would be no shame in being defeated by a great like Tyson, especially considering Jake’s lack of experience in this match. He hasn’t met anyone world class yet.

“Nothing was ever given to me. I had to work for it all,” Jake said. “Oppressed by everyone, kicked off YouTube, kicked off platforms, and here I am basically organizing the biggest event in entertainment.”

Jake has the victim mentality here, and it sounds like he’s feeling sorry for himself, despite being one of the rich fat cats. He’s had a lot of help making his money, and he doesn’t have to play the victim card.

“Now it shows the rest of the world what hard work and perseverance can do. I’m just happy to show that to other kids who might have to go through adversity, fight and keep proving themselves over and over again. Yeah, it’s already written,” Paul said Friday about knocking out Mike Tyson.