Muhammad Ali 'would have been horrified' by Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul boxing fight

The YouTuber-turned-boxer, Jake Paul, defeated the erstwhile undisputed heavyweight satellite champion Mike Tyson via unanimous determination connected Friday nighttime astatine the AT&T Stadium

Muhammad Ali's girl believes her precocious begetter would person been 'mortified' by the arguable heavyweight showdown betwixt Mike Tyson and Jake Paul.

'Iron Mike' was competing successful his archetypal nonrecreational bout since losing to Kevin McBride successful 2005 connected Friday nighttime against the YouTuber-turned-boxer. Despite each the hype starring up to the contention astatine the AT&T Stadium successful Texas, the combat failed to unrecorded up to excitement.

Paul won via unanimous determination successful what was a one-sided contest. 'The Problem Child' landed a fewer bully shots upstairs passim the contest, but ne'er came adjacent to knocking retired the erstwhile undisputed heavyweight satellite champion adjacent aft telling him helium "had to die" the nighttime earlier aft the 58-year-old had slapped him during their face-off.

Asked if helium took his ft disconnected the gas, Paul said: "Yeah, definitely, decidedly a bit. I wanted to springiness the fans a show, but I didn’t privation [to wounded him]. I wanted to springiness the fans a show, but I didn’t privation to wounded idiosyncratic that didn’t request to beryllium hurt."

Ali's daughter, Rasheda Ali Walsh, believes her begetter would person been amazed to spot what Tyson earned to suffer to 'The Problem Child' connected Friday night. In an interrogation with Fox News, she said: "Boxers didn't marque money, similar you know, Tyson's making. And daddy would person been excited helium made that benignant of money."

Tyson claimed wealth was not a motivating factor successful his clash with the societal media star. "I could beryllium waiting connected a cheque each time from cannabis," helium said successful September portion commentating astatine a Cage Wars MMA event. "That’s bulls*** for me. I’m a man; I privation to spell retired determination and I privation to exposure myself to risk. Sometimes I privation to spot who I truly am. I privation to spot what I’m truly made retired of. I privation to execute successful beforehand of the world. To me, that’s each I ever knew however to bash since I was 14. This combat is not going to alteration my beingness financially enough. This is conscionable what I privation to do."

Ali Walsh added: "Daddy would person been mortified. Because backmost then, boxers didn't truly marque that much. They were warring for their lives, and I deliberation arsenic my dada started to marque boxing much entertaining, that's erstwhile radical came connected committee and however boxers started to, aft my dad, marque a batch of money."

Earlier this year, Paul boasted helium volition gain $40million (£31m) for warring Tyson successful the squared-circle. When asked astatine a property league if helium brought 'Iron Mike' successful to adhd "validity" to his boxing career, the young American said: "I didn't bring him to bash s***; I'm present to marque $40million and sound retired a fable I don't springiness a f*** astir thing else, he's the 1 who wanted it to beryllium a pro combat and he's going to get his a** knocked retired for real.

"You're going to spot connected his record; Jake Paul KOs Mike Tyson; I'm not present to bash s*** but marque a bag. Every clip fighters beryllium crossed from maine and it's 'YouTuber this and Disney kid that' and they extremity up connected the canvas... this is going to beryllium nary different. I brought this woody to this aged ass motherf***er, we signed the declaration with Netflix and we brought him the deal. You're invited my son."

In an interrogation with SPORTbible earlier the clash, Tyson had his accidental connected the combat purse. "This combat is not going to alteration my beingness financially," helium said. "If I did it for free, it's not going to alteration my life. My woman is perpetually telling me, you bash not request to bash this fight. This is what I privation to do, this is me. I'm seeking my glory."