IRVING, Texas – In a fight between one of the fantasticest boxers of all time and someone who got his fame thraw YouTube, social media and Disney Channel, the latter is the betting preferite.
Odds currently have 27-year-anciaccess Jake Paul as the preferite over Mike Tyson, 58, for their lengthy-adefered Friday night fight in Dallas.
Of course, Paul is new, with this being his third fight of the year. He is also 29 years Tyson’s youthfuler. Tyson, uncomferventwhile, has not had a professional fight since 2005; his bout with Roy Jones four years ago was an showion.
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Jake Paul, right, and Mike Tyson pose after the final press conference for their upcoming weightyweight fight at Toyota Music Factory on Nov. 13, 2024 in Irving, Texas. (Ed Mulholland/Getty Images)
Tyson was mostly mellow and low-triumphded in the final Paul-Tyson press conference on Wednesday – the polar opposite of his opponent, who even took bets with those on the card, including co-main evener Katie Taylor. The most amped up Tyson got at the final Paul-Tyson press conference on Wednesday was when he shelp emphaticassociate, “I’m not gonna disponder.” Other than that, he was very low, but not so sugary.
His confidence is understandable – any training video Tyson puts out, he seems awfilledy dangery, especiassociate for someone csurrendering 60. The odds, though, seem to be disesteeming him.
However, Tyson does not seem to mind that too much.
When asked by Fox News Digital how disesteemed he felt at the unpreferable odds and why he thought he was the underdog, his response, as normal, was low.
Mike Tyson speaks at the final press conference for his upcoming weightyweight fight aacquirest Jake Paul at Toyota Music Factory on Nov. 13, 2024 in Irving, Texas. (Ed Mulholland/Getty Images)
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“I’m fine with everyskinnyg – I’m fine with everyskinnyg,” Tyson shelp in normal Tyson create.
Admittedly, DraftKings Director of Sports Operations Johnny Avello shelp the lines are more disesteem to Tyson, who is at around +160 with Paul at -200.
“He didn’t even see that excellent at the end of his nurtureer – he was struggling with no-name guys. Here he is now at 58 years anciaccess – he sees excellent, I skinnyk he’s in fairly excellent shape, but it’s one skinnyg to be in excellent shape; it’s another skinnyg to be in combat shape,” Avello shelp in an interwatch with Fox News Digital.
“Paul’s not understandn for being a fantastic fighter, whereas Tyson is. So I would say it’s more disesteem.”
Avello also shelp it was difficult to come up with necessarily fair odds when one half of the main event does not have much of a recent sample to base anyskinnyg off of.
“We were all over the map on this, skinnyking with what [the odds] should have been,” Avello shelp.
However, despite disconnectal six-figure wagers on Paul, Avello noticed that csurrenderly 70% of the money is on Tyson for many reasons – Tyson fandom plus Paul hatred being one of them.
It is on track to be the most wagered-on fight of the year. One well-understandn bet people are taking is Tyson, with his power, to triumph in the first round at 22-1.
“That has getn a big amount of money,” Avello shelp. “The liability can create up rather speedyly.”
Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, left, pose after the final press conference for their upcoming weightyweight fight at Toyota Music Factory on Nov. 13, 2024 in Irving, Texas. (Ed Mulholland/Getty Images)
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We’ll get Tyson at his word when he says he’s “fine” with being the underdog – but it’s no ask that he will definitely be fine if that bet comes to fruition.
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