"It's fantastic". Fury is exhilarated about the upcoming showdown between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul
Liam Carter
Dailysports's expert
Translated by the editors
The WBC heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury, has spoken positively about the future bout between the 57-year-old Mike Tyson and the YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul.
"The idea of having such a fight is fantastic for boxing. Mike Tyson is a legend. Then you have a YouTuber [Jake Paul] entering the game and shaking it up; he has millions of subscribers, millions of views, and spectators.
Who am I to say that Mike Tyson or Jake Paul shouldn't box? Good luck to them. They both will earn, in my opinion, a hell of a lot of money.
Okay, Tyson is 57 years old, but he's a former undisputed heavyweight world champion, while [Paul] makes a living playing video games and stepped into boxing about a year ago. So, it should be a fairly even fight," Fury said on The Stomping Ground.
Tyson and Paul are set to clash in a boxing match on July 20 at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, USA, in the main event of a card that will be broadcast on Netflix. Earlier reports stated that the fight would be sanctioned as a professional bout.
This will be Iron Mike's first fight since 2020 when he faced Roy Jones Jr. in an exhibition bout that ended in a draw and wasn't recorded on the boxers' records.
