Amir Khan must now slap Jake Paul after promise before Mike Tyson fight

The British boxing fable whitethorn present beryllium anxious to measurement successful the ringing with Jake Paul aft the YouTuber-turned-boxer defeated erstwhile heavyweight champion Mike Tyson

Former boxing prima Amir Khan indispensable present travel done with his committedness aft helium vowed to 'slap' Jake Paul if helium defeated heavyweight fable Mike Tyson.

In what was an uninspiring dust-up betwixt the pair, 'The Problem Child' went connected to score a unanimous determination triumph implicit the 58-year-old astatine the AT&T Stadium successful Texas. Despite being the large favourite coming into the clash, the young American failed to onshore thing important passim the 8 rounds.

After the bout, Paul acknowledged his nonaccomplishment to present connected his promise. He said: "I'm atrocious I didn't sound him out." Those alongside him connected his YouTube transmission claimed helium showed respect to Tyson by not going for the knockout blow. Paul added: "After I'd seen him bushed I didn't privation to enactment excessively overmuch wounded connected him, but I wanted the fans to get a bully experience. But determination was a constituent wherever my aggression and unit went distant erstwhile I wasn't getting hit. I emotion Mike."

Ahead of the clash, galore wrong the boxing assemblage were speedy to slam the determination to spell up with the contention - peculiarly aft Tyson was forced to propulsion retired of the archetypal day backmost successful July after suffering an ulcer flare-up connected a flight.

In an interrogation with Prime Casino, Khan weighed successful connected the showdown betwixt the brace up of the arguable combat past week. "I americium concerned. Yeah, 100 per cent," helium said. "Every combat you spell into, particularly astatine the property he’s astatine — is helium going to instrumentality it seriously? I deliberation so, but however earnestly is helium going to instrumentality it?

"Everyone remembers Mike Tyson, that pugnacious tough fighter, that large world champion, that carnal of a fighter, but I don’t privation a combat similar this to tarnish his grounds due to the fact that a batch of radical are going to deliberation he’s a joke. We don’t truly privation it to get to that present fighters who person been satellite champions, and been up determination arsenic 1 of the champion retired there, present being beaten by YouTubers? It’s not a bully look for boxing."

Sensationally, Khan - who went 34-6 arsenic a nonrecreational - revealed helium would 'slap' Paul if helium were to bushed Tyson wrong the squared-circle. "It’s a pugnacious 1 that is but I wouldn’t privation to leap successful the ring," helium added. "At the extremity of the time it’s Mike’s determination to spell successful the ringing and fight. If helium gets bushed you privation to support your person and leap successful and accidental I’ll springiness a beating for him, truthful if helium beats Mike Tyson yea decidedly I’d similar to springiness him a small slap and benignant him out."