Jake Paul Responds To Criticism That Mike Tyson’s ‘Too Old’

Most boxing followers are PUMPED for Jake Paul and Mike Tyson‘s November struggle. However, there is a group of critics who’ve attacked The Drawback Baby for combating a mid-50s Iron Mike.

We requested 27-year-old Paul what he’d say to the detractors.

“Inform Mike Tyson that. As a result of he doesn’t give a s*** what anybody thinks,” Paul advised Babcock on the TMZ Sports activities TV present this week (airs nightly on FS1).

“He is his personal boss. He needs to struggle me. He advised my crew, ‘I do not give a s*** about this. Like, inform Jake I am nonetheless going to tear his head off and knock him the f*** out. And, this simply purchased him extra time.’ Inform Mike Tyson to not struggle and to relax and see how that goes.”

Level taken.

Tyson, who might be 58 on struggle night time, is not being pressured to face Paul. He badly needs the struggle … and a struggle he’ll get on November 15 at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, and streaming to a whole lot of hundreds of thousands on Netflix.

In fact, the bout was initially scheduled to go down in July, however was postponed after Mike had a medical emergency aboard a cross-country flight final month.

We requested Paul if he was involved the struggle must be referred to as off as soon as Tyson acquired sick.

“I used to be undoubtedly fairly devastated, however at first I needed to ensure that Mike was wholesome. I really like and respect Mike. And, I used to be fairly devastated for everybody on the undercard as properly. This was such an iconic occasion,” Jake mentioned.

“However fortunately, Mike’s okay, he is doing nice. And we will nonetheless run it at a later date. And, that is what I am centered on now, simply attending to November fifteenth and nonetheless giving individuals a historic struggle!”