Mike Tyson and Jake Paul collide on July 20th at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington in Texas.
Much has been made of the 30 year age gap between the pair but UFC icon Randy Couture has an interesting theory about Tyson’s motivation for taking on ‘The Problem Child’.
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Speaking to talkSPORT he said: “Even at 58 Mike is as explosive as he ever was and Mike’s firing on all cylinders now.
“I think he’s going to be very tough to deal with for Jake, but it’s going to be interesting.”
The MMA legend believes ‘Iron Mike’ wants to send a message to YouTube boxers.
He continued: “I think there’s a little more at stake here for Mike.
“I think Mike sees some of these crossover fights and what’s going on, and how that’s affecting boxing and people’s perception of boxing.
“If you take him at his word, he wants to kind of straighten some of that rhetoric out.
“He’s saying ‘Hey this isn’t as easy as Jake Paul is making it look’ – he’s fighting for boxing in many ways, against a YouTuber and social media guy who has made his way up.
“It’s going to be interesting to see how that fight unfolds.
Watching the training footage of Mike Tyson, you have flashbacks to him in his prime and that’s pretty scary, pretty remarkable.”
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