Tyron Woodley shouldn’t be ruling out Mike Tyson’s possibilities in opposition to Jake Paul.
Paul (10-1) takes on 58-year-old boxing legend Tyson (50-6-2) on Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium in Dallas.
Resulting from Tyson’s age, many professionals and pundits have had a problem along with his battle in opposition to Paul being sanctioned as an official bout by the Texas Division of Licensing and Laws. Nonetheless, Woodley sees it in another way.
“It’s a really even battle, to be trustworthy,” Woodley advised TMZ. “It’s even due to the age of Mike Tyson. He’s fully clearly out of his prime. When in his prime, most of his fights had been virtually tried homicide. So actually, Jake wouldn’t have stood an opportunity. No one would even fee to sanction a battle in opposition to him and Mike Tyson (in Tyson’s prime).”
Former UFC welterweight champion Woodley laced up the gloves in opposition to Paul twice in 2021. He misplaced their first bout by break up determination, however was then knocked out 4 months afterward brief discover.
Woodley thinks “The Downside Youngster” tactically picks his opponents.
“Jake’s all the time on a win-win state of affairs,” Woodley mentioned. “He’s combating guys that if he loses, ‘You misplaced to this man, you misplaced to Tyron, you misplaced to Anderson Silva, you misplaced to Nate Diaz or no matter.’ So he’s all the time ready the place, if he wins, he goes up. If he loses, it’s like OK, he took a danger, he took an opportunity. I just like the battle. I’ll be on the battle.”
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