Slim sends message to Jake Paul after controversial Mike Tyson fight

'The Problem Child' has made a existent sanction for himself successful the athletics of boxing since making his nonrecreational debut backmost successful 2020 and has already defeated immoderate large icons

YouTuber-turned-boxer Slim Albaher has praised the 'inspiring' enactment societal media prima Jake Paul has done for the influencer boxing scene.

'The Problem Child' made his nonrecreational debut backmost successful 2020 and has since taken the athletics by storm. With a nonrecreational grounds of 11-1, the 27-year-old has already defeated the likes of Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley, Anderson Silva, Nate Diaz and Mike Perry. His lone decision successful the squared-circle came connected points against Tommy Fury past year.

However, arguably his biggest triumph truthful acold successful the athletics came successful his past outing against erstwhile heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson earlier this month. Despite failing to sound the 58-year-old out, the American was inactive capable to get the better of 'Iron Mike' connected points.

Many were speedy to criticise his show and Paul hismelf acknowledged his nonaccomplishment to present connected his promise. He said: "I'm atrocious I didn't sound him out." Those alongside him connected his YouTube transmission claimed helium showed respect to Tyson by not going for the knockout blow. He added: "After I'd seen him bushed I didn't privation to enactment excessively overmuch wounded connected him, but I wanted the fans to get a bully experience. But determination was a constituent wherever my aggression and unit went distant erstwhile I wasn't getting hit. I emotion Mike."

Following the heavyweight dust-up successful Texas, Netflix dropped the figures for the showdown betwixt the pair, with a whopping 60 cardinal households tuning in. The lawsuit deed a highest of 65 cardinal unrecorded streams. Many crossed the satellite were intelligibly intrigued to spot however the combat would play out. While immoderate fans person been speedy to slam Paul's vocation truthful far, Slim offered a precise antithetic take.

In an exclusive chat with Mirror Fighting, helium said: “I decidedly respect Jake Paul for that due to the fact that he’s brought immoderate caller eyes to boxing. He’s inspiring kids to commencement boxing. He made america much fashionable and helium brought much popularity to it extracurricular of accepted fighting. That’s what it’s each about.

"There’s lone a definite magnitude of radical who tin bash that. There’s guys similar Ryan Garcia who tin bash that too. Ryan Garcia, helium has a large fanbase, helium brings radical that don’t adjacent attraction astir boxing into boxing. ‘Tank’ Davis does that arsenic well. He brings radical that don’t attraction astir boxing into boxing. That’s the antithetic benignant of aura you need! The Bivol/Beterbiev fight, that was an astonishing fight, champion combat successful boxing. But, they don’t talk English truthful they don’t grasp attraction extracurricular of boxing. Only the existent fans tune into that fight. That’s the quality erstwhile you person that aura to bring fans extracurricular of boxing who don’t springiness a s*** astir boxing to ticker you, past you indispensable beryllium doing thing different."

The YouTube prima is presently preparing for his upcoming boxing showdown with AnEsonGib - which is owed to instrumentality spot connected Thursday night. Slim believes that Gib volition regret signing the combat declaration and vows to enactment connected a blockbuster show successful Doha. “Everybody says ‘oh, I’m going to sound him out.’ I’m dormant serious, I’m putting this kid to sleep," helium continued.

"I don’t spot this combat going nary different mode too maine knocking him the f*** retired oregon his squad throwing successful the towel. It’s going to beryllium brutal. If helium doesn’t get knocked retired early, it’s going to beryllium a brutal bushed down. I’m going to interruption his face. There’s going to beryllium humor everyplace benignant s***. I deliberation he’s precise chilly, I deliberation I’m going to sound him retired and I truly don’t deliberation this combat is going the distance. If I was a betting man, I would enactment my full location connected maine knocking him out.”

Watch Gib vs. Slim astatine Qatar: The Supercard, connected Thursday, November 28 unrecorded lone connected DAZN PPV