Jake Paul Talks Up ‘Even Bigger’ Next Fight Just Days Before Mike Tyson Bout

Jake Paul could be getting a bit forward of himself.

The YouTuber-turned-boxer will struggle former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson on Friday ― and he’s already musing about his potential subsequent opponent. (Watch the video beneath.)

In an interview with Paul posted Monday on YouTube, host and ex-UFC champ Sean O’Malley offered a situation of Paul, 27, knocking out Tyson, 58.

“Do you could have a callout in thoughts?” O’Malley requested.

“It’s Canelo,” Paul answered, which means tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez of Mexico. The 34-year-old Alvarez (62-2-2 with 39 knockouts) additionally gained titles in three different weight lessons.

“This second will show that I’m the face of boxing, the most important attraction,” Paul mentioned. “And me vs. Canelo at 200 kilos for the cruiserweight championship of the world is the largest struggle, arguably even greater than me vs. Tyson, and it makes a lot sense.”

Paul continued to make his case for tangling with a person as soon as thought of the best pound-for-pound boxer on this planet.

“Canelo is on his approach out. He’s gonna desire a payday,” Paul defined. “And I need to present the world that each one the shit I’ve been speaking about beating Canelo is definitely true.”

Quick ahead to 22:34 for the change:

Again in April, Alvarez wasn’t so keen on the possibility. “Possibly in two years we will speak,’’ he mentioned.

However first issues first. Paul has mentioned he conceived of the bout in opposition to Tyson whereas tripping on ayahuasca. The 2 will sq. off at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and on Netflix in a large novelty of an occasion that is a sanctioned pro fight. Paul predicted in October that about 25 million viewers would tune in.

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The showdown, which was delayed by Tyson’s bleeding ulcer, will earn Paul a reported $40 million and Tyson $20 million.

The matchup is scheduled for eight 2-minute rounds (a departure from the usual 3-minute rounds in professional boxing) and the fighters will put on 14-ounce gloves as a substitute of the traditional 10-ounce gloves used for combatants at 147 kilos and above.

Whereas age has possible diminished Tyson (50-6, 44 knockouts), relative neophyte Paul (10-1, 7 knockouts) finest keep within the current for his Netflix date with the legend, who in his heyday was deemed “the baddest man on the planet.”