Mike Tyson SLAPS Jake Paul during heated face-off for boxing fight

Mike Tyson turned his face-off with Jake Paul convulsive erstwhile helium slapped the YouTuber hours earlier they instrumentality to the ringing for their arguable fight

Mike Tyson slapped Jake Paul arsenic the rivals faced disconnected for the last clip up of their combat connected Friday.

Tyson, 58, is making his instrumentality to the ringing astir 20 years since his past nonrecreational fight. And helium took offence arsenic Paul sprung towards him arsenic they attempted to implicit their staredown.

Tyson slapped Paul successful his look arsenic the YouTuber recoiled earlier insisting helium hardly felt the blow. "I didn't adjacent consciousness it, he's angry. He's an aggravated small elf and he's getting knocked the f*** out. I'm f***ing knocking him out. He hits similar a b****. It's idiosyncratic now; helium indispensable die." Tyson, who scaled 228.4lb astatine Thursday morning's weigh-in portion Paul weighed successful astatine 227.2lb, said simply: "It's time".

The results of the weigh-in were kept backstage until the rivals took portion successful the nationalist variation aboriginal successful the day. Tyson weighed 233lb for his past nonrecreational bout - a decision by Kevin McBride successful 2000 - but weighed arsenic overmuch arsenic 239lb during his career.

Paul has competed successful the cruiserweight part until now, meaning helium has ne'er weighed much than 200lb, but has been piling connected value since helium started preparing to look Tyson.

Paul weighed 200lb erstwhile helium fought Mike Perry successful July aft the bare-knuckle boxer stepped successful to regenerate Tyson erstwhile helium postponed his ain combat with Paul. The legendary heavyweight had suffered an inflamed ulcer connected a formation and collapsed earlier coughing up blood.

And of bulking up, Paul said this week: "I’ve conscionable been trying to devour arsenic overmuch arsenic possible. I person noticed that, arsenic soon arsenic I halt stuffing myself successful each meal, I volition rapidly driblet to 221lbs, 220lbs, 219lbs, truthful I person been eating a batch much to effort and enactment up determination [at 224lb].

"[An mean time for me] is astir apt astir 3800 - 4000 calories but [I've been eating] the usual; eggs, toast, potatoes, steak, chicken, rice, I don’t truly similar vegetables. Then I’ll person a peanut and jelly [sandwich] astatine nighttime – that s*** bangs."

Tyson said of what his ain grooming had taught him: "That I'm tougher than I judge I was. When I agreed to this fight, I started training, I said, 'What the f*** americium I thinking?' I finished the process, and present the fight's the party. All the hard enactment is done."