Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson predictions: Boxing legends and experts tip their winner for historic fight tonight

One mode oregon different a definitive reply volition beryllium provided, but successful the physique up to the bout, the biggest names from the satellite of athletics person made their predictions.

Current heavyweight champion Tyson Fury believes acquisition volition prevail, frankincense giving the borderline to Mike Tyson.

"If Mike Tyson hits anybody, I don’t attraction if he’s 90, he’s going to sound them retired acold isn’t he?" helium told the MMA Hour. "He’s Iron Mike Tyson, the baddest antheral connected the planet.

"Jake Paul is precise experienced present and he's had a batch of fights but obviously, I person to backmost Mike Tyson for the knockout arsenic helium ever backs me."

Like Fury, Lennox Lewis, who fought Tyson backmost successful 2002, is adamant that property is thing but a number.

“Mike Tyson’s gonna win. He’s not that old. Don’t instrumentality him excessively softly. We’re 1 twelvemonth apart," helium told FOX 29 successful Philadelphia.

"You tin combat idiosyncratic similar that and bash well, due to the fact that the idiosyncratic you’re warring is not a existent combatant and there’s a 100 things that you’ve forgotten that he’s learning."

However, Anthony Joshua doesn’t stock the sentiment of Fury and Lewis, predicting a triumph for the youthful Jake Paul.

"He [Mike Tyson] is older now," helium said connected the Jonathan Ross Show. "I commune that helium comes retired healthy. I deliberation Jake Paul [wins] due to the fact that of younker - that’s the lone thing.”

Roy Jones Jr is the past idiosyncratic to combat Tyson and the brace could not beryllium separated erstwhile they met successful an accumulation bout 4 years agone and has insisted that ‘Iron Mike’ legendary powerfulness remains which spells atrocious quality for Paul.

“Mike deed maine harder successful my thorax than I person been deed successful my full career. He inactive has that legendary power, spot me,” helium told talkSPORT. "Well, I similar Mike, astir apt by decision. But if helium chooses to spell retired and instrumentality him out, I deliberation helium can.

“However, I consciousness similar if helium feels comfy helium volition conscionable container and bask himself due to the fact that wherefore get successful signifier to spell 1 round...

"I don't fearfulness for Mike and however aged helium is. Mike is inactive hard to deed and Mike inactive hits hard arsenic hell."

Meanwhile erstwhile WBO satellite champion, present a boxing pundit for Sky Sports, Johnny Nelson respects what Mike Tyson has achieved successful the athletics but has predicted a Jake Paul victory.

"Let's conscionable not beryllium silly, we cognize Mike Tyson, who helium was, what helium achieved, what helium did, we cognize Mike Tyson and Jake Paul it's similar time and night," helium told ProBoxingFans.

"We besides cognize Mike Tyson is the aforesaid property arsenic maine close present and if you get successful with idiosyncratic that's not got half, adjacent a quarter, adjacent 1 percent of the acquisition and cognition you person astir the game.

"We cognize Mike Tyson has got each of that and more, but the 1 happening we arsenic humans can't power is time. You've got younker against an older antheral that hasn't got the pace, truthful if you've got idiosyncratic that's moving rings astir you, Mike's ne'er going to person the vigor level to support up with him oregon to manhandle him.

"So unless helium gets 1 changeable successful and Jake Paul is anserine capable to amusement effort toed to toed it determination with him, it lone takes 1 however but helium has the velocity connected Mike, helium has the younker connected Mike, helium has the fittingness connected Mike."

UFC superstar Conor McGregor has criticised the combat adjacent taking spot but has backed Tyson to look victorious.

"Don't springiness a b******s. They're wearing 14-oz gloves, " helium said successful a unrecorded rant. "It's two-minute rounds, is it? It's two-minute rounds? Who gives a b******s.

"I anticipation helium [Tyson] rattles that small dope [Paul]. No 1 gives a f*"k astir him. How is that adjacent successful the f***ing Dallas Stadium? What's going on?"

Unsurprisingly, Logan Paul is backing his member to get the occupation done.

"Let's go, Jake! Mike Tyson, you don't adjacent know, " helium said connected Instagram. " You're messing with the Pauls, bruh. Let's go, Jake. First-round knockout. Yeet!"

"I watched a clip of Mike Tyson this morning, and each I tin accidental is that Jake Paul had amended beryllium acceptable if he's going to combat Mike, "he told OLGB. "Mike volition beryllium capable to past the two-minute rounds. Mike comes to combat erstwhile helium puts his caput to it; helium goes to enactment connected you.

"And that's what I've seen today... If Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul was a Las Vegas array crippled I'd beryllium betting each my wealth connected Iron Mike... Mike Tyson doesn't attraction astir anything. He'll combat you close now, adjacent though he's not successful immoderate shape. And he's going to deed you, and erstwhile helium does that, it's each over.

"Mike is acceptable for it. He won't beryllium taking immoderate punches successful training. If I'm betting my money, it's connected Mike."

"I conscionable consciousness that helium tin truly wounded Jake Paul, " the erstwhile nonrecreational boxer stated. "I conscionable can't judge what Jake Paul is thinking.”

"If it's earlier three, 4 rounds, I person to spell with Tyson by knockout, that 1 punch knockout," helium predicted connected Fight Hub TV. "If it goes past 4 rounds, I person to interest astir Tyson's conditioning, and wherever Jake Paul's younker tin instrumentality over.

"I've seen Jake Paul's videos, helium looks big, helium looks huge."