Mike Tyson slapped Jake Paul at Thursday’s weigh-in forward of their Friday night time combat in Texas, with the incident seemingly coming about as a result of Paul unintentionally stepped on Tyson’s toe when the 2 got here collectively for a face-to-face.
Paul (10-1, 7 KO) weighed in at 227¼ lbs, with Tyson (50-6, 44 KO) at 228½, should you’re really all in favour of their weights.
“He’s an offended little elf,” Paul stated on the stage proper after, when Ariel Helwani insisted that Paul “simply felt (Tyson’s) energy,” with Paul including that Tyson “hits like a bitch” as he began screaming like a professional wrestler, including that Tyson “should die.”
“I didn’t actually really feel it, to be trustworthy, fairly actually didn’t actually really feel it,” Paul stated backstage after, having turned off the screaming bit.
“It’s private now. I respect it. Extra gross sales for the combat, extra hype, I adore it. That is the Mike Tyson I needed the entire, complete time. Get him offended, let’s convey out the badass motherfucker, as a result of he’s going to sleep.
“I adore it. I really like this shit. I used to be asking for all of it week. I obtained what I needed, and it was a slap to the face. He made lots of people proud of that.”
Undisputed tremendous light-weight champion Katie Taylor and challenger Amanda Serrano additionally made weight, every coming in at 137½ lbs, comfortably below their 140 lb restrict.
