Mike Tyson reveals why he slapped 'f***ing a**hole' Jake Paul during weigh-in
It’s officially fight night, as Mike Tyson (50-6-2) and Jake Paul (10-1) will step into the squared circle for an eight-round heavyweight fight on Friday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
In advance of the highly anticipated bout, Tyson’s first sanctioned professional boxing match since his Round 6 defeat to Kevin McBride in June 2005, the two fighters weighed in Thursday at the Toyota Music Factory in Irving, Texas. After Tyson weighed in at 233 pounds, the former undisputed world heavyweight champion approached Paul for the final stare-down. Paul, who weighed in at a career-high 220 pounds, moved towards Tyson from a crawling stance and stepped on his toe.
Tyson responded by unleashing an open-hand slap across Paul’s face. The 58-year-old said the reason Paul stepped on his toe is because he is a “f***ing a**hole.” Tyson felt he needed to defend himself.
“I was in my socks, and he had on shoes,” Tyson told the New York Post. “He stepped on my toe because he is a f***ing a**hole. I wanted to think it happened by accident. But now I think it may have happened on purpose. I was in a lot of pain. I had to reciprocate.”
Mike Tyson, Jake Paul set for heavyweight bout at AT&T Stadium
Paul, 27, is known for his trash-talking in hyping up his fights. Tyson’s patience with Paul’s mouth had worn thin, and the toe step was the final straw.
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“Jake has been poking the bear the whole time,” a Tyson representative told The Post. “Mike slapped the s*** out of him.”
That slap has made things personal for Paul, who addressed the crowd and stated that Tyson “must die.”
From Tyson’s perspective, nothing else needs to be said.
“Talking’s over,” Tyson said.
“The Problem Child” will step into the ring with “The Baddest Man on the Planet” sometime after 11 p.m. ET. The main card, which includes Tyson vs. Paul, begins at 8 p.m. on Netflix.