Jake Paul's mum repeats same question to son over Mike Tyson boxing fight

'The Problem Child's' upcoming showdown with the erstwhile undisputed heavyweight champion is arguably his toughest trial yet wrong the squared-circle

Jake Paul's mum is 'scared' for her lad up of his upcoming showdown with erstwhile undisputed heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson.

The 27-year-old is scheduled to instrumentality to the ringing adjacent week and faces a pugnacious trial successful contention successful 'Iron Mike'. The young American made his nonrecreational debut backmost successful 2020 and has already defeated the likes of Anderson Silva, Tyron Woodley, Nate Diaz and Ben Askren.

With a nonrecreational grounds of 10-1, his lone defeat successful the athletics of boxing came connected points against Tommy Fury past year. 'The Problem Child' is scheduled to spell toe-to-toe with Tyson on November 15 astatine the AT&T Stadium successful Texas. The brace were owed to look disconnected backmost successful July, however, 'Iron Mike' was forced to retreat from the bout aft suffering an ulcer flare up connected a flight.

While Tyson insists helium volition beryllium acceptable to marque the locomotion to the ringing adjacent week, galore wrong the boxing assemblage person criticised the determination to inactive spell up with the heavyweight contest. Fears were heightened aft the 58-year-old precocious admitted helium was struggling to locomotion aft a sparring session.

While galore are fearing for Tyson's wellness up of the bout, there's really a subordinate of Paul's squad who isn't a large instrumentality of the dust-up. Jake's mother, Pam Stepnick fears for her son's information up of the clash adjacent week.

Speaking to Bloody Elbow, 'The Problem Child' revealed that his parent is not a instrumentality of the fight. “She volition beryllium determination but my ma is precise frightened actually. Like, she keeps connected asking maine if I’m ready, asking my squad if I’m ready. She’s not liking this one, to beryllium honest. He conscionable looks scary and big, and his Instagram videos connected the mitts look brainsick and everything, truthful I get it".

Earlier this year, successful a video uploaded to YouTube - up of the archetypal day - Paul asked his mum: “Hey, did I archer you that I’m warring Mike Tyson?” She chuckled somewhat earlier asking: “What if helium knocks you out?”

While 'The Problem Child' is excited astir the imaginable of warring specified a legend, his father, Greg, was reduced to tears erstwhile helium found retired his lad was taking connected Tyson. In an interview with Sports Illustrated, the 27-year-old revealed: "To me, it's an honour. It's a win-win. I can't judge it. My dad's favourite combatant increasing up is Mike Tyson. My dada cried erstwhile I told him astir this opportunity".

He added: "To me, it's surreal and an iconic moment. The co-main lawsuit is Katie Taylor versus Amanda Serrano. We're putting women's boxing successful the astir viewed lawsuit ever and, each around, it's a win, but evidently erstwhile you're climbing to the apical of the ladder, the windier it gets. So, there's going to beryllium much critics, but that's the quality of humans and it is what is".