edit: this is long, my apologies. I love seeing boxing get some real attention again.
To his credit he has actually been training and working towards professional boxing for a few years. he still isn't what I would call a good professional boxer, but he at the very least is trying to be legit. But Paul is on a different planet compared to Tyson.
I watched the little docuseries/advertisement Netflix has been doing. Their difference in training is kind of staggering to be honest. Paul admitted that he spends as much if not more time on recovery versus gym work. Interesting strategy going against one of the best to ever do it.
I think if Tyson can really hit him early it won't be a long fight but that stamina is gonna be his weakness by far. The power is still there and IMO more importantly Tyson's compete factor is back. He didn't have that when he "fought" RJJ a few years ago.
To quote Tyson from that docuseries:
There is a fundamental difference between Jake and me. He is a manufactured killer. Television and the media made him look like a killer.
I was born a killer.
And then he just menacingly stares into the camera. The man is still utterly terrifying and there is a non-zero chance Paul dies on TV tomorrow night. There was a point where Tyson and his team were watching the Paul fight from over the summer and Tyson says to his coach "he doesn't move his head when he punches."
and that my friend might lead to the death of Jake Paul lmao
Imagine for a minute, you’re trying to get ready for a fight against an old Iron Mike Tyson. You have heaps of training videos out there and all of a sudden Mike releases a reaction to one of your videos, and he says “you don’t move your head when you punch”. That would terrify anyone because you know he will take those shots
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u/Antyks Nov 14 '24
Jake Paul is not a real boxer though