Unseen reason Mike Tyson slapped Jake Paul at weigh-in ‘revealed by pal after YouTuber’s act angered boxing legend’

MIKE TYSON unleashed a slap onto the feature of Jake Paul during the pair's weigh-in yesterday.

And it present seems that 1 of Tyson's friends has revealed precisely wherefore helium felt the request to laic hands connected the YouTube prima earlier tonight's bout.

Things often get feisty up of blockbuster fights, with pushing and shoving not uncommon during pre-bout weigh-ins.

However, Tyson's slap connected Paul's cheek seemed somewhat unprovoked during yesterday's face-off.

That was until a "close person of Tyson" explained what led the 58-year-old boxing fable to deed Paul connected stage.

Speaking to USA Today Sports, Tyson's pal Tom Patti said: “Jake stepped connected Mike’s foot, that prompted the reaction. I was determination and Mike conscionable told me.’’

In emblematic fashion, Jake Paul had chosen an antithetic mode to marque his mode implicit to Tyson for the face-off.

The 27-year-old prankster-turned-boxer crawled towards Iron Mike connected his hands and feet earlier popping up to his feet again and facing disconnected with the erstwhile satellite champ.

However, successful footage from that moment, it tin beryllium seen that erstwhile Paul does popular backmost to his feet helium steps straight onto the ft of Tyson.

Tyson instantly takes contented with the clumsy mistake, pointing down astatine his ft and past sweeping his manus crossed Paul's cheek.

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The slap astir led to a wide brawl connected signifier astatine the weigh-in with security, organisers and members of the fighter's teams each piling successful to halt the brace from going astatine each other.

Jake Paul seemed unfazed by the deed and utilized the infinitesimal to antagonise his opponent.

He said: "I didn’t adjacent consciousness it – he’s angry. He’s an aggravated small elf…cute slap buddy."

Despite his age, Tyson looked successful sensational signifier arsenic helium deed the scales astatine 228.4lb (16st 3lb) portion wearing a brace of Versace briefs.

That was conscionable earlier Paul came successful a career-biggest 227.2lb (16st 2lb) nearly TWO STONE supra his accustomed 14st 14lb cruiserweight frame.