Jake Paul sent a warning to Mike Tyson immediately after dropping one of his sparring partners.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer is currently training for a controversial fight with Tyson, who is set to end his 20-year retirement at AT&T Stadium in Texas on November 15.
‘Iron Mike’ is 58 years old and fight fans are worried that he could get seriously hurt when he squares off against a man 31 years his junior.
Regardless, the fight is set to go ahead next month, and Paul has tried to build interest by sharing footage from his latest training session.
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On Thursday, Jake Paul shared a brief clip from a sparring session that showed the 27-year-old dropping one of his teammates with a massive overhand right.
The unnamed boxer collapsed to one knee and his glove touched the floor before the camera cut to Paul, who sent a menacing message to his next opponent.
“Don’t charge at me, Tyson,” he said while looking directly at the camera.
Paul plastered the footage all over his various social media accounts and tagged Tyson in the caption, which read: “Take notes @miketyson.”
‘The Problem Child’ is so confident of winning his next fight that he recently offered Tyson the chance to earn an extra $5million if he can make it through the first four rounds when they meet.
However, if Paul KOs him before the fifth frame, the boxing legend would have to get ‘I love Jake Paul’ tattooed on his body.
UFC star Tyron Woodley got an ‘I love Jake Paul’ tattoo after his first loss against the former Disney star, who knocked him out cold when rematch in December 2021.
It’s currently unclear if Tyson will accept Paul’s pre-fight wager.
Mike Tyson promises to roll back the years with a vicious knockout
Tyson has batted away concerns about the age difference between him and Paul, who he claims is no better or younger than the people he spars with.
The former undisputed heavyweight world champion is confident that despite being way past his prime he’s still got enough left in the tank to deal with the 10-1 prospect.
“Younger doesn’t necessarily mean better,” Tyson said at a pre-fight promotional event last month
“It’s just good hype for the fight but it doesn’t necessarily mean he’s [going to be] better. I still spar with younger guys, younger than him who are better fighters than he is, so I’m just prepared to fight.
“The reason why you don’t see most fighters [my age] doing this is because they’re not Mike Tyson… If you see any other fighter my age, they don’t look how I look, they don’t perform like I perform, they don’t work out the way I work out.”
As one of the consensus greatest boxers of all time, Tyson hopes to deliver one thing and one thing only when he steps back into the ring on November 15: “A lot of pain.”
Paul has certainly made the most of his social media platform as a tool to promote the upcoming fight; having recently donned a ‘fat suit’ in one viral video as a way of mocking fans who claim he isn’t taking the bout seriously.
Tyson added: “Listen, I think he’s taking it very seriously because his health depends on it. There’s no way that I’m looking past him and I’m not taking this lightly at all.
“I think when I was fighting professionally, I was too stressed out, I never got the chance to relax, never had the chance really enjoy being me, the chance to enjoy my championship because everything was coming at me.
“This is the moment where I can enjoy myself as a human being.”