KSI makes Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson prediction and says one fighter is a ‘lamb to the slaughter’

KSI fears Mike Tyson volition endure a achy decision astatine the hands of Jake Paul erstwhile the brace conscionable successful the ringing this weekend.

The erstwhile satellite heavyweight champion will step backmost into the ringing for a archetypal nonrecreational bout successful 19 years astatine AT&T Stadium successful a combat which volition beryllium streamed connected Netflix.

Tyson took portion successful an accumulation with Roy Jones Jr successful 2020, but volition beryllium up against an hostile 31 years his inferior connected Friday and appeared disengaged during Wednesday’s property league successful Texas.

KSI, who launched the Misfits Boxing cognition that has spawned and promoted a fig of akin contests, fears Tyson has taken excessively overmuch connected with a situation helium has branded ‘disgusting’.

‘Jake Paul volition sound retired Mike Tyson,’ predicted the YouTuber. ‘This volition not beryllium adjacent astatine all.

‘Boxing is simply a young man’s crippled and Mike is 58 years old. They’re sending a lamb to the slaughter and it’s disgusting.’

At past night’s property conference, meanwhile, big Ariel Helwani attempted to broach a fig of topics with Tyson and enactment questions to media wrong the Pavilion astatine Toyota Music Factory, but the 58-year-old was not acceptable to bite.

‘Are you talking to me? Yes I americium back. I americium conscionable blessed to beryllium here. I emotion you too,’ Tyson told a property league aft a delayed walk-in.

‘I’m conscionable acceptable to fight. I’ve said everything I had to say, there’s thing other to say. I’m conscionable looking guardant to fighting.”

This fight, which was pushed backmost from July, volition number connected Tyson’s nonrecreational record, but volition lone dwell of 8 two-minute rounds and 14oz gloves volition beryllium utilized alternatively than the accepted 10oz.

Asked for a effect to radical who accidental this is not a nonrecreational fight, Tyson replied: ‘Well, erm. The radical (here) talk for itself. I don’t person to answer.’

Quizzed connected what a nonaccomplishment would bash to him, ‘Iron Mike’ showed a flicker of his aged self.

‘I’m not going to lose,’ Tyson snapped back. ‘I americium not going to lose. Did you perceive what I said?’

Given the sizeable property spread betwixt the fighters, Paul, 27, has been installed arsenic the favourite.

But Tyson said: ‘Thank you. Hey, I’m good with everything, I’m good with everything.

‘I americium conscionable funny successful this combat here. I americium not talking astir warring anybody, lone Jake.’

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