There’s little more than two weeks until Mike Tyson takes on Jake Paul in Dallas on November 16.
So, you know what that means.
We’re about to get a huge influx of fake bravado and false statements to give both men the best chance to maximise their earnings.
If you were at the pub and saw a 20-something year old male punching on with a man approaching 60, who has resorted to using a walking cane in recent years, you’d be inclined to step in and stop what could very well be a serious assault.
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The same risks exist when Tyson and Paul enter the ring for eight two-minute rounds with 14oz gloves in the middle of November, yet it seems nobody in any official capacity is willing to stop an event which could traumatise the world if it goes wrong.
The defining difference that distinguishes this scenario is that most people believe that Mike Tyson isn’t your average man reaching pensioner age.
Tyson recently shared a clip where he dropped a sparring partner and has also released short clips of training footage of him throwing monster combinations, leading some to theorise the 58-year-old’s endurance might be a problem.
While Tyson is the youngest man to ever hold the heavyweight championship at the age of 20, an older man with ulcer problems, who hasn’t fought a professional fight since 2005, will enter the ring in Dallas, Texas.
Yet that didn’t stop Paul from telling Nine’s Today, that a win against his almost elderly opponent will rocket him into boxing immortality.
“People think I’m this nice smiley social media content creator. I like to have fun but I’m a killer,” Paul said.
“This is what I was bred to do, this is my destiny.
“I will stop him and become the face of boxing. Whether people hate that or love it they’re going to have to accept it.
“I was born to do this and I will be world champion and I will go down in the boxing hall of fame as one of the greatest to ever do this.”
We warned you about false statements and fake bravado. Well, here’s another dose.
During the soon-to-be-released Countdown series for the fight, the former champion said: “If I win, I’ll be immortal… I don’t want to die in a hospital bed; I want to die in the ring.”
For some reason, Tyson sounds more believable than Paul, and that could be the most concerning part.
While there has been frequent talk of the age difference between the fighters, discourse about the potential dreadful consequences that could arise if a 27-year-old man mercilessly beats a 58-year-old has not been so common.
Can you imagine if boxing’s worst nightmare unfolds in front of a potential audience of 700 million viewers worldwide on Netflix?
That question wasn’t put to Paul, but we thought we’d throw in some more bravado to distract you from the daunting possibilities that could occur on November 16.
“Tyson is dropping people in sparring, he looks the best shape he’s been in, that’s what his coaches are saying,” Paul told Nine.
“I plan on outboxing him and showing the world what I’m capable of. It’s going to be a war.
“He’s one of the most famous boxers in the world to ever do it, he and Muhammad Ali, so to step in there with someone of his nature is an honour and a dream come true and it’s going to be a spectacle and one of the most entertaining nights the sport has ever seen.
“I was born to do this and I will be world champion.”
He added: “All of Australia tune in, I’m going to Kangaroo kick Mike Tyson in the face.”
Boxing has an uncanny knack of turning false statements into harsh truths.
Let’s hope that does not happen on November 16.
