Jake Paul admits to holding back on Mike Tyson: 'Didn't want to hurt someone'

Jake Paul admitted aft his triumph implicit Mike Tyson connected Friday nighttime that helium held backmost during his combat against the boxing legend due to the fact that helium didn’t privation to "hurt" him. 

Tyson, 58, gave boxing fans each anticipation that helium mightiness inactive person immoderate state near successful the vessel during the archetypal 2 rounds of the eight-round bout, but that anticipation rapidly faded by the 3rd arsenic Tyson began to dilatory down. 

Mike Tyson and Jake Paul speech punches during their heavyweight satellite titles of the Premiere Boxing Championship connected Friday nighttime astatine AT&T Stadium successful Arlington, Texas, connected November 15, 2024. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

When asked if helium took his "foot disconnected the gas" astatine that point, Paul confirmed that helium did.   

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"Yeah, definitely. Definitely a bit. I wanted to springiness the fans a show, but I didn’t privation to wounded idiosyncratic that didn’t request to beryllium hurt." 

When asked whether immoderate of the punches Tyson threw had an impact, Paul simply replied, "No." 

"I tried to springiness the champion combat I perchance could, but erstwhile someone’s conscionable surviving successful the ringing basically, it’s hard to marque it exciting. I couldn’t truly get him to prosecute me."  

Jake Paul, left, fights Mike Tyson during their heavyweight boxing match, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, successful Arlington, Texas.  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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During his station combat interview, Tyson said returning for his archetypal nonrecreational bout successful astir 2 decades wasn’t an effort to beryllium thing to anyone. It was for him alone. 

"I didn’t beryllium thing to anybody, lone to myself," Tyson said. "I'm not 1 of those guys that looks to delight the world. I'm conscionable blessed with what I tin do."

Mike Tyson lands a near to Jake Paul during their heavyweight boxing match, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, successful Arlington, Texas.  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Tyson’s property – 31 years older than his hostile – was a taxable of statement starring up to the combat and remains a constituent of contention pursuing Friday’s outcome. But for Paul, a triumph is simply a win. 

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