Paul and Tyson will enter the ring in a huge boxing event live on Netflix
The anticipation for the huge Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson boxing event has just gone up to another level after The Baddest Man on the Planet slapped the YouTuber during their final face-to-face. Yet it seems there was a reason behind the incident.
Paul, 27, and Tyson, 58, will enter the ring at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, at 10pm local time on Friday (15 November), which equates to around 4am GMT on Saturday (16 November) for viewers tuning in to the Netflix event from the United Kingdom.
And after a rather amicable and respectful build up, the two finally came to blows in the final face-off at the weigh-in on Thursday, with Tyson slapping Paul on the left hand side of his face.
Paul took the hit in his stride before issuing a rather bleak warning to Iron Mike when interviewed by combat sports journalist Ariel Helwani.
Screaming in to the microphone, Paul reiterated his promise that Tyson was ‘getting knocked the f**k out’.
But he went one step further than that, adding: “It’s personal now, it’s personal now. He must die.”
The reason for the slap, though, seemed to go unnoticed at the time.
As the two boxers squared up for the final face off after weighing in at almost identical weights for Paul’s first ever heavyweight match.
Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) is Paul’s very own boxing company that has worked with Netflix to get the bout over the line after it was initially cancelled due to a serious health issue for Tyson, with the former world champion left thinking he was going to die.
Sharing a video to X (Twitter), MVP posted a video of the moment the two came face-to-face and in it, it shows Paul coming just centimetres from Tyson’s face.
But looking down, and you can see Paul clearly standing on Iron Mike’s foot, with the YouTuber wearing shoes while Tyson only has socks on. A nasty experience, we’ve all been there.
Tyson clearly takes issue with being accidentally stood on, slapping Paul before pointing down to the floor, indicating Paul standing on the toes on his right foot.
Even MVP, Paul’s company, seemingly questions if their man was to blame, writing: “The reason behind the slap… was this Jake’s fault?”
“That definitely caused it. Mike even pointed down,” one fan wrote on X.
Another said: “Ah, there it is. Jake was the aggressor the whole time.”
And a third wrote: “At 58, Mike is still faster than Jake, who started it and should be prepared. Not a good sign for Jake.”
More than 70,000 spectators will be at the AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys, for the big fight. One fan even spent £2,000,000 to sit ringside, with it granting you special perks.Featured Image Credit: X / HappyPunch / Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu via Getty Images
Jake Paul has issued a brutal warning to Mike Tyson after the boxer slapped him in their final face-off.
Yep, it all kicked off last night (14 November) when the pair had their final face-off before the big fight.
After what’s felt like way too long thanks to a whole load of chat and a delay on Tyson’s part, the big anticipated boxing event finally takes place tonight (or in the early hours of Saturday morning for us UK lot).
But Tyson couldn’t seem to wait to lay hands on Paul, as he ultimately caved to the YouTuber’s wind-up antics.
Having their weigh-in and then their last head-to-head, the 27-year-old crawled across the floor before rising himself up to meet the eye-line of ‘Kid Dynamite’.
And when he did get up, with a little bit of a step on his opponent’s foot, Tyson had evidently had enough and slapped Paul across the face. It seemed like he was going for another jab but a bit of a brawl broke out as the 58-year-old’s camp swarmed him to put a stop to it.
He was quickly surrounded as the YouTuber continued to be a bit of a wind-up and amped up the crowd.
“I didn’t even feel it,” Paul said of the hit. “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**k out.”
Oh, and then things got a whole lot more brutal as the YouTube shouted his warning to Tyson down the mic.
“I’m f**king him up, he hits like a b**ch. It’s personal now, it’s personal now, he must die,” Paul screamed.
Users on X said: “Telling a [near] 60-year-old legend ‘he must die’ is wild.”
Another wrote: “Jake comes in emotional swinging for the fences and gassed out. Mike knows what he’s doing. Emotional fighters don’t perform well.”
Others said the ‘slap’ had ‘spun Paul’s whole neck around’ with some predicting: “Tyson is going to knock him out.”
But of course, fans are backing Paul too.
Well, either way, I’m sure all these antics and dramatics might help the boxer shift a few more tickets for the 80,000 capacity AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
And if not, while someone has bought a $2million package to be there in person, plenty of us can just stream the live fight on Netflix instead.
The undercard is set to begin at 8pm eastern time (ET) on Friday, which is 1am GMT on Saturday for UK viewers.