Paul vs Tyson LIVE: Latest updates and start time as tension builds for fight night after weigh-in slap
Jake Paul and Mike Tyson tipped the scales before their boxing match on Netflix
Mike Tyson slapped Jake Paul in a heated final face-off for their boxing match, leading the YouTuber to say the heavyweight legend “hits like a b***h.”
Tyson, 58, will fight YouTuber Paul, 27, in Texas live on Netflix tonight in the former heavyweight champion’s first professional bout in 19 years.
And one night before that divisive fight, Tyson and Paul tipped the scales at a weigh-in, as fans in Dallas cheered the boxing great and booed the social-media star. As Paul and Tyson came face to face, the latter slapped Paul, before security separated the pair.
“Talking’s over,” Tyson told host Ariel Helwani, before refusing to explain why he hit Paul or answer more questions. Paul then said: “I didn’t even feel it. He’s angry. He’s an angry little elf. Mike Tyson, I thought that was a cute slap, buddy, but tomorrow you’re getting knocked the f*** out. I’m f***ing him up.”
Paul also screamed: “He hits like a b***, it’s personal now, he must die!” Follow the latest updates ahead of tonight’s fight below:
Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson weigh-in LIVE
Now it’s over to super-lightweights Lucas Bahdi and Armando Casamonica.
138.6lb for Casamonica, who is overweight after coming in on short notice.
Now Bahdi... 134.6lb! He calls Casamonica unprofessional for missing weight.
Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson weigh-in LIVE
First to the stage is Dana Coolwell, ahead of his featherweight bout with Bruce Carrington.
125.2lb for Australia’s Coolwell. Now here comes Carrington. The American tips the scales at 125.8lb.
Coolwell on his keys to victory: “Box smart and stick to my gameplan.”
Carrington: “I will give a crowd-pleasing performance and y’all will remember the name.”
Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson weigh-in LIVE
The weigh-in is just 10 minutes away! Don’t go anywhere.
Tony Bellew confirms clash at Paul v Tyson press conference: ‘It’s not talk, it’s a promise’
Tony Bellew crashed the press conference for Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson on Wednesday, holding a “Fisher Price” microphone as he was accompanied by an old man in boxing gloves – before the pair were kicked out.
Britain’s Bellew, a former world champion, was in the crowd wearing a t-shirt showing the logo of a betting site, and he was standing alongside an older man in a boxing robe and gloves. Bellew also had a microphone, with which he spoke over a journalist who was asking a question inside Toyota Music Factory.
And the Liverpudlian confirms an altercation with security on his way out, telling Talk Sport: “They were all big boys. One gave me a little push and I said, ‘just don’t touch me, I’m going to walk quite happily boys, but just don’t put your hands on me.’ He said, ‘Okay’. When we got to the policeman with the gun in his waist, the guy gave me a little shove in the back.
Tony Bellew confirms clash at Paul v Tyson press conference: ‘It’s not talk’
The former world champion, standing in the crowd, interrupted a journalist in an apparent bid to mock Paul
How much will Jake Paul and Mike Tyson earn for blockbuster fight?
While the fight purses have not been officially disclosed, Paul claimed at a press conference in August: “I’m here to make $40m and knock out a legend.”
$40m equates to roughly £31.1m, while Tyson will earn approximately $20m (£15.4m), according to friend and former UFC champion Henry Cejudo.
British heavyweight offered comeback against Mike Tyson
"Yeah I had all of that [comeback offers]," former British heavyweight champion Julius Francis tells Talk Sport. “There was all of this to have a fight again with Mike Tyson. All of this like 'get you a rematch with him' and stuff like that.
“Yes it would be nice, the money-side of it. But I say for me personally, the integrity and being able to live with yourself. At the end of the day you have to sell your soul, and I don’t think it is really for me.
“I could jump back in the ring, but I couldn’t do anything near what I could and there are limits. Tyson has got himself into shape for a 58-year-old but when you are fighting a 27-year-old the downside is he could be tired after a few rounds. He should be able to destroy Paul but old injuries could come back and that's the danger."
Mike Tyson takes ferocious approach in open workout for Jake Paul fight
Mike Tyson rolled back the years with an aggressive approach in his open workout for Friday’s fight with Jake Paul, to the delight of the fans in attendance.
The former heavyweight champion, 58, will box YouTube star Paul, 27, at the AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas this week. The fight will stream live on Netflix in an unprecedented move.
And ahead of the controversial bout – Tyson’s first professional contest since 2005 – “Iron Mike” and Paul took to the ring inside Toyota Music Factory to run through some moves for fans.
Many videos of Tyson hitting pads have gone viral in recent years, with viewers often remarking that the American’s speed and power have remained intact.
Mike Tyson takes ferocious approach in open workout for Jake Paul fight
Tyson stepped into his shots and backed up his pad man to the ropes, ahead of his first pro bout in 19 years
Mike Tyson makes Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk rematch prediction
Mike Tyson has backed Tyson Fury to gain revenge on Oleksandr Usyk in their heavyweight rematch in December.
“Usyk is the best heavyweight in the world at the moment. But I’m going for Fury to beat him,” Tyson told the Mail.
“Why? Because I’m a fan. Because his father gave him my name. I’m not abandoning him now.”
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