Roy Jones Jr. offered Jake Paul a warning about Mike Tyson's abilities months before the former heavyweight champion squares off against the YouTube star.
Roy Jones Jr. was the last person to face off against Mike Tyson and he gave some insight about the former heavyweight champion ahead of his bout with Jake Paul over the summer. Jones and Tyson were among the best of their respective eras. But the two didn’t get to fight until their exhibition bout in November 2020. Paul was also on that card, knocking out former NBA player Nate Robinson. Five years later, Tyson will square off against Paul at AT&T Stadium on July 20 in Arlington, Texas.
The first time he hit me in the chest, it felt like a mule had kicked me in the chest,' Jones told Shane Mosley on his YouTube show. 'If he hits anybody with a shot like that, they are either going out or down, especially guys who are not used to being hit like that. With these types of people like Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis, these guys are bigger and can take it. 'But Jake Paul, I don’t think he’s going to be able to take that.
have a weird personality. I don't think it's weird though. Whatever I'm afraid to do, I do it. That's how it is,' Tyson said. 'I was afraid of the . 'I was 100 pounds overweight, I was, however, old – 54, 53 – and I said ‘Let’s do it.' Anything I'm afraid of, I confront it. That's my personality. Right now, I'm scared to death.' But that's what pushes Tyson to get back in the ring.
As the fight gets closer, the less nervous I become, because it's reality. And, in reality, I'm invincible,' Tyson said. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
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