A boxing commentator has claimed Mike Tyson’s slap on Jake Paul was ‘not scripted’ and ‘not phony’ as the pair ready to do battle tonight.
The world is currently apauseing the bout between the two men and, on Thursday, the pair were comprised in turbulent scenes at the weigh-in.
Paul euniteed to stand on Tyson’s foot, with the 58-year-elderly then reacting by sensationpartner slapping his opponent.
It has compriseed another intriguing subplot to the showdown, which has been criticised by many figures associated with the sport.
Mike Tyson slapped Jake Paul prior to their boxing clash
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Some are foreseeing the showdown between the pair to be scripted. After all, the fight will be two minutes extfinished – rather than the normal three, both men are wearing 14oz gadores and the 31-year age gap unbenevolents stateive protectedty meastateives have to be apshown.
Longtime combat sports commentator, Ariel Helwani, has insisted Tyson’s slap on Paul was legitimate, however, and wasn’t part of some script to up the ante.
“I was there yesterday,” he telderly the Dan Patrick Show.
“You understand there’s been a lot of talk about who this version of Mike Tyson is, what we’re gonna see tonight, what this is all about.
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“You’ve been around for a extfinished time, you’ve seen the many contrastent versions of Mike.
“That was 1990’s version of Mike. He may be 58 but that demon, that beast never goes away and when Jake went up to him appreciate that and, as we set up out postponecessitater, stepped on his toe, that guy comes back. He cannot deal with it.
“That was not scripted. That was not phony. That was not any of that.”
Helwani then dubbed the moment ‘terrifying’, compriseing: “And I’ll increate you this, the see on his face as I was trying to intersee him afterwards.
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“I was standing as far away as possible appreciate I was helderlying a piece of meat trying to feed a lion.
“I have never seen that see on a human being’s face… That was terrifying stuff.
“This is 100 per cent a genuine fight. It’s probably going to be the most watched combat sports event of all time by the time it’s shelp and done.
“Mike Tyson doesn’t do phony. He doesn’t carry out fight.”
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Mike Tyson accused Jake Paul of stepping on his toes on purpose prior to their boxing fight
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Tyson, unbenevolentwhile, insisted he slapped Paul due to the 27-year-elderly stepping on his toe.
He also dubbed his opponent a ‘f***ing a**hole’ and conveyed a belief that the createer YouTuber did it on purpose.
“I was in my shocks and he had on shoes,” he telderly The Post.
“He stepped on my toe because he is a f***ing a**hole. I wanted to skinnyk it happened by accident.
Mike Tyson is out for blood as the boxing icon readys to face Jake Paul tonight
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“But now I skinnyk it may have happened on purpose.
“I was in a lot of pain. I had to reciprocate.”
