Mike Tyson accuses Jake Paul of 'faking' video ahead of boxing fight

Both men person ramped up preparations for the heavyweight contest, with the brace yet acceptable to settee the people aboriginal this period astatine the AT&T Stadium

Mike Tyson has sensationally accused YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul of faking his sparring league up of their heavyweight dust-up aboriginal this month.

With some men successful the last stages of their respective grooming camps, the 2 stars person regularly taken to societal media to amusement disconnected their preparations for the fight. Tyson's showdown with Paul is scheduled to take spot connected Friday, November 15 successful Arlington, Texas, astatine the AT&T Stadium successful beforehand of up to 90,000 fans.

Last month, Paul - 27 - uploaded footage of the YouTuber dropping a sparring partner with a close hand. The young American past shouted to the camera: "Don't complaint astatine me, Tyson". After posting the footage, fans were near unconvinced by the clip, with 1 saying: "That dude had zero caput movement, 1 of Mike's champion attributes" portion different added: "Big Mike going to instrumentality bro's caput disconnected his shoulders". One commenter connected societal media reckoned the sparring spouse was a "paid actor" portion different declared: "Jake ain't beating anyone up".

Just a fewer weeks ago, Tyson himself shared a clip of him dropping his sparring spouse with a crisp near hook. The video past chopped to his coach, Rafael Cordeiro, ending the session, saying: "That was bully for today". A pumped up Tyson replied: "You sure? You f****** sure"?! 'Iron Mike' past said: "I've got a batch successful me", earlier issuing a informing to 'The Problem Child': "I’m conscionable getting started".

It looks arsenic if some men are chomping astatine the spot to getting successful the ringing and yet settling the people erstwhile and for all. The brace were scheduled to spell glove-to-glove earlier this year, however, Tyson was forced to propulsion retired of the archetypal day aft suffering an ulcer flare up.

While Paul continues to station regular footage of him successful training, Tyson was near unconvinced by the caller video of the young American dropping his sparring partner. In an interrogation with Kamaru Usman and Henry Cejudo, 'Iron Mike' had his accidental connected the circumstantial clip. He began: "You seen his sparring league wherever the feline faked being knocked out"? He added: "That was beautiful". Originally, some Usman and Cejudo were wondering what Tyson was referring to, earlier the 58-year-old concluded: "It was a chubby guy. He took a fall. He took a dive"!

While galore person feared for the 58-year-old's wellness up of the showdown adjacent month, fans were near impressed pursuing his caller sparring footage. After his grooming videos went viral connected societal media, Paul responded to the erstwhile undisputed heavyweight world champion's existent carnal condition.

In an interrogation with TODAY, 'The Problem Child' said: "Tyson's dropping radical successful sparring. He looks successful the champion signifier and the strongest he's ever been, his coaches are saying. I cognize connected November 15, it's going to beryllium a war. But I conscionable program connected outboxing him and showing the satellite what I'm susceptible of and coming live successful the infinitesimal and knocking retired 1 of the champion to ever bash it".

Since the confirmation of the heavyweight showdown, Paul has received a batch of disapproval for taking the fight. The young American precocious responded to the antagonistic sound up of the contest. "A batch of radical are wondering 'Jake, wherefore are you doing this? Even if you bushed him, they're going to accidental he's old'. But to me, Mike Tyson wanted to combat me", helium continued. "That is an honour. He's 1 of the astir celebrated boxers successful the satellite to ever bash it. To measurement successful determination with idiosyncratic of his quality is an honour and a imagination travel true. It's going to beryllium a spectacle connected Netflix".