Boxing fans are just realising what Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul fight rule means

Jake Paul is being seen arsenic the favourite against Mike Tyson - whose wellness has been a interest - and immoderate fans judge the YouTuber volition person the vantage aft learning the brace volition usage 14oz gloves

Boxing fans person questioned the usage of 14oz gloves successful Jake Paul's showdown against Mike Tyson connected Friday nighttime - claiming it volition bounds Iron Mike's powerfulness and springiness his rival an advantage.

Tyson and Paul volition spell caput to caput successful Texas successful a highly arguable event acceptable to beryllium aired connected Netflix and determination person been concerns implicit the former's wellness aft agreeing to instrumentality connected a antheral 30 years his junior.

However, Tyson has looked successful large signifier aft appearing chiselled astatine the weigh-in arsenic helium fanned the flames of his rivalry with Paul by slapping the YouTuber successful the look - triggering a brawl betwixt the 2 camps.

Paul is being seen arsenic the favourite against the erstwhile world champion - whose wellness has been a interest aft helium withdrew from their archetypal bout this summertime owed to dizziness and nausea portion connected committee a formation - and present fans consciousness the younger antheral has been fixed the advantage.

Some boxing fans noticed that the brace volition beryllium utilizing 14oz gloves - with astir nonrecreational fighters usually wearing 8oz oregon 10oz gloves depending connected value - and said it volition mean Tyson tires much towards the extremity of the fight. Boxers traditionally spar with 14oz and 16oz gloves.

One wrote connected societal media: "Something that’s being overlooked successful the upcoming Tyson and Paul combat is the 14oz gloves they’ll beryllium using. I’m nary boxer but larger gloves volition bounds Tyson’s powerfulness and springiness Paul a larger aboveground country to artifact with.

"They’ll besides springiness an borderline to Paul from an endurance standpoint—heavier gloves means you’ll tyre much rapidly with each punch. Not a instrumentality of the rules successful this one. It’s acceptable up for Paul to outlast a 58-year-old antheral erstwhile the combat goes the distance."

Another instrumentality commented: "14oz gloves a large vantage for Paul. Tyson has a punch to sound him out, but not with 14oz gloves."

A 4th claimed that Tyson would person had a accidental of getting the knockout if helium were wearing lighter gloves, adding: "The Tyson Vs Paul combat is an absorbing 1 arsenic determination should beryllium nary mode a 58yo tin person a accidental but his grooming videos are insane! The 2 infinitesimal rounds mean abbreviated explosions which volition suit him. I thought helium had a accidental of KO triumph until I saw the 14 ounce gloves."

The combat promises to beryllium a fierce 1 aft Tyson's slap connected Paul - which the YouTuber claimed made their bout "personal". He said: "I didn’t adjacent consciousness it. He’s angry. He’s an aggravated small elf. Mike Tyson, I thought that was a cute slap.”

The 27-year-old past launched into a bid of expletive-laden remarks, promising to extremity Iron Mike successful the upcoming fight. “It’s idiosyncratic now,” Paul added, earlier bellowing into the microphone: "He indispensable die."