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Mike Tyson has confirmed that his fight with Jake Paul will be an exhibition contest.

Organisers had hoped to get the fight sanctioned as a pro bout under the auspices of the Texas Boxing Commission.

However, ‘Iron Mike’ has revealed this will not be the case although the boxing icon insisted it would be contested under ‘real fight’ rules.

“This is called an exhibition, but if you look up exhibition, you won’t see any of the laws we’re fighting under,” he told Fox News.

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“I will do just that but dislike him? I do not have no grudges against him, he’s beautiful – not from that perspective,” he added.

In a candid moment, Tyson also admitted he was ‘scared to death’ ahead of the fight.

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“Right now, I’m scared to death,” he concluded, “As the fight gets closer, the less nervous I become because it’s reality, and in reality, I’m invincible.”

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Boxing fans stunned after hearing what Mike Tyson called Jake Paul during Fox News interview

On July 20, Tyson will come out of retirement and take on Paul at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

When confirming the fight, Paul wrote on social media: “Whether you’re tuning in on Netflix or showing out in person, whether you’re team Paul or team Tyson, or whether you’re a lifelong boxing fan or watching your first fight, you’re not going to want to miss this event.

“I could not be more excited to make this amazing fight available to all Netflix subscribers alongside the hardest hitter of all time, Mike Tyson, on Saturday, July 20th.

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Reacting on social media, one fan said: “Why did blud randomly call him “beautiful” at the end…”

Another tweeted: “He thinks that he’s beautiful.”

A third fan added: “Hahaha why is he randomly calling Jake beautiful at the end.”

Speaking about Paul, he added: “This guy’s gonna come, he’s gonna try and hurt me which I’m accustomed to and he’s gonna be greatly mistaken.

UPDATE :Mike Tyson fight with Jake Paul stupid and irresponsible as boxing legend launches rant

“Right now, I’m scared to death but as the fight gets closer, the less nervous I become because it’s reality, and in reality, I’m invincible.”

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Derek Chisora claims he knows who Anthony Joshua is fighting next, and it’s not Tyson Fury or Oleksandr Usyk

Derek Chisora has let slip who he believes Anthony Joshua will be fighting next.

‘Del Boy’ claims AJ will box the winner of Daniel Dubois vs Filip Hrgovic at Wembley Stadium when he makes his return to the ring later this year.

Of course, that is coming from a man who is not directly involved in planning Joshua’s career path, although Chisora is close friends with AJ and is currently represented by his management company, 258 MGT.

“He will fight the winner of Daniel Dubois and (Filip) Hrgovic in Wembley (Stadium),” Chisora told iFL TV.

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The IBF have already confirmed that they will strip the winner of the undisputed fight should they proceed with a second fight, and instead order Hrgovic to fight the next-highest-ranked boxer for the vacant title.

Currently, that is Joshua, who is placed at No.3 in the IBF rankings with the No.2 spot unoccupied.

Meanwhile, Dubois occupies the No.4 spot with the sanctioning body.

Joshua recently revealed his next outing would be in June or July.

However, if Chisora’s claims prove to be true then he is more likely to box in September.

His Excellency Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, revealed last month that he plans to stage a huge show at Wembley Stadium in September.

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“I’m talking, thinking and studying with Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn to do something huge in Wembley in September as a commercial for Riyadh Season,” he said.

One of the few fighters who could sell out the 90,000-seater would be AJ so it would make sense for him to headline that card.

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“Simone Biles in a Meet”: Gymnastics World Debates Over Caitlin Clark’s Parallel on Floor and Beams

The Iowa Hawkeyes showed their superiority once again last night as the women’s basketball team advanced to the Final Four. Dominating the LSU Tigers, the Iowa women decimated their Elite 8 opponents in style, and Caitlin Clark couldn’t have asked for a better match. Scoring a staggering 9 three-pointers, the guard led her team to a decisive victory. With her NCAA record-matching performance, Clark is now justifiably prompting fans to scurry and find the proper instance in collegiate gymnastics that can match up to her last night’s display of skills.

Terence Crawford will fight for the WBO belt at junior middleweight

With former WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu out for a extended time, the WBO ordered a purse bid for Terence Crawford vs newly crowned champion Sebastian Fundora. The WBO mandates that a 20-day negotiating window between Fundora and Crawford will start Friday April 5th. Tszyu holds a rematch clause with Fundora, promotor Sampson Lewkowicz obviously feels empowered to delay it for now. Saying at Saturday night’s post-fight news conference that Tszyu needs time to “heal up.” “Tszyu will get the rematch, but not at this moment – not when we need to maximize the money for Fundora,” Lewkowicz told reporters in a side session later Saturday night. “Fundora deserves it.”

One guy who could get in the way of this fight happening, former unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr (28-1, 22 KOs)! He placed his bid into the Fundora sweepstakes. He came into the ring after the fight challenging the new crowned champion. “It’s time to get it on,” Spence said. “He got a pretty good height, but we’ll see. We’ll break him down like we always do.”

Opting to fight Spence Jr. instead of Crawford could result in Fundora being stripped for the WBO belt. He could offer to relinquish his WBO belt in that letter as well. Making a fight with Spence Jr. would be for the WBC junior middleweight belt. That idea seems to be more ideal for Lewkowicz who feels like Spence Jr. is a bigger draw than Crawford. “Crawford cannot sell out (a crowd of) 90,000 people in Dallas. Everybody waits … why not Crawford? Let him wait one time, if not twice, and then we’ll go.”

Crawford made a response to Spence Jr. trying to set up a fight with Fundora, implying that he has to get behind him if he wants any action. The question of who will be fighting for the belts will be settled by the end of this month.

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“Everybody Can’t Be Tank Davis”: Mayweather Promotions’ CEO Speaks Up On Shakur Stevenson and Teofimo Lopez’s Next Fights

On June 29, Teofimo Lopez will potentially face Steve Claggett to defend his WBO Super-Lightweight title. ‘The Takeover’ won against Josh Taylor in June last year. On the other hand, Shakur Stevenson will put his WBC Lightweight title on the line against Artem Harutyunyan on July 6 in New Jersey. Both the matches will be organized by Bob Arum’s Top Rank Boxing. However, one must note that the Artem fight will be Shakur’s final bout with Top Rank before the 26-year-old enters free agency.

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“[Bob] Arum understands how to build fighters. It’s a process. Everybody can’t be ‘Tank’ Davis. We did that s**t and doing it. It’s like that motherf****r would love to be in business with a situation where he is generating revenue. He hadn’t got there yet. He got some good fighters. But, everybody can’t be an attraction. It’s a process,” said Leonard Ellerbe.

“Teo’s a very good fighter. Shakur is a very good fighter. Wish them the best of success in their next events and what they got moving forward. But, everybody can’t be an attraction,” Ellerbe emphasized. Along these lines, he went on to praise Gervonta Davis.

According to Leonard Ellerbe, boxing stars are built over time. In this regard, he alluded to how Mayweather Promotions discovered Gervonta Davis in 2015. With Team Mayweather by his side, ‘Tank’ Davis started climbing up the ladder quickly. Eventually, he defeated Jose Pedraza in 2017 to win his first IBF Super-Feratherweight title. Therefore, Ellerbe added, “That is a process over a period of time.”

UPDATE :Gervonta Davis Might Find It Hard To Break His Own $22.8 Million Record if He Fights Ryan Garcia Again

“It’s hard as hell to generate fan interest. That’s why you have boxing stars and everybody can’t sell out venues. Boxing is entertainment. But one thing for sure, that motherf****r [Davis’] is a bada** dude,” Leonard Ellerbe concluded. With that said, what do you make of Ellerbe’s reaction to Shakur and Teofimo’s upcoming fights?

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KSI Teases Boxing Match With Harder Puncher Than Mike Tyson to Prove an Age-Old Point

Who is better than Jake Paul at shading their rivals? KSI! He might not have had the opportunity to test his boxing jabs at Paul, but his verbal jabs? They hit the bullseye. Joining the bandwagon of those who trolled Jake Paul for fighting Mike Tyson, the rapper-turned-boxer, in his signature style trolled the ‘Problem Child.’

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The poster is a parody of what Paul vs. Tyson entails so far. The fight is all set to be the first sporting event under Netflix. Hence, ‘JJ’ has claimed that his fight against Foreman will be streamed on a platform that he called, “NOTflix.” He highlighted certain made-up guidelines like no judges, glove types, and round duration, which had been a contentious issue for the Jake Paul fight earlier. The highlight, however, was the date of the fight – April 1st. That’s today, and it’s April Fool’s Day!

While 27-year-old Paul might be fighting Tyson to prove that he’s gone against a legendary boxer, he’s also doing so to rake some major hype in his record. If KSI were to ever fight Geroge Foreman, almost 45 years older than him, he would employ the same premises to justify the fight that Paul has done for the Tyson fight- “Age ain’t nothing but a number.”

It is also interesting why he chose Foreman. After all, he is considered to be one of the most powerful punchers in history.

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‘Big George’ as he was popularly called, was a prolific heavyweight of his era. A two-time world titlist, and an Olympic gold medalist, he was a fighter who could faze the toughest of his opponents, so much so that Evander Holyfield referred to him as the hardest puncher among other contemporaries.

Holyfield once recalled in an interview with DJ Vlad that George Foreman was the fighter who gave him his hardest punch. DJ Vlad recalled the conversation to another guest, saying, “Yeah, well, I asked him about the George Foreman fight, and, of course, he won. But he said that’s the hardest he’s ever been hit.”

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While KSI was perhaps joking about his fight against Foreman, it does nudge an important discourse. History suggests that boxers after an age should hang up their gloves. This is for the sake of their health and safety. However, we have also seen them not take these reservations seriously. But who do you think hits harder – Mike Tyson or George Foreman?

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It has been revealed how many people have subscribed for tickets to the fight between Tyson and Paul

Nakisa Bidarian, the promoter of both the blogger and boxer Jake Paul (9-1, 6 KO), has commented on the recent rumors regarding the fight between his client and the boxing legend in the heavyweight division, Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 KO). Bidarian stated that nothing has been decided yet regarding how the fight will unfold.

“Latest news – there is no news. Stop spreading rumors; there is no truth to this whole story about Jake Paul and Mike Tyson. Here’s the truth:

Mike Tyson aggressively swung at Floyd Mayweather and his reaction was simply incredible

Mike Tyson is regarded as ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet,’ but that wasn’t enough to scare Floyd Mayweather

Mike Tyson has never been one to hold back when speaking about Floyd Mayweather. In fact, he once claimed that a prime version of himself would kick Mayweather’s “a**e” in a street fight.

The 54-year-old also slammed the undefeated boxer for believing he’s better than the great Muhammed Ali ever was.

“He’s very delusional,” Tyson said. “Listen, if he was anywhere near that realm of great as Muhammad Ali, he’d be able to take his kids to school by himself.

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Tyson soon approached ‘Money’ and pretended to throw one of those famous right hands before walking away with a smirk on his face.

To his credit, Mayweather didn’t even flinch. He soon embraced the former heavyweight champion of the world while wearing a huge smile on his face.

Of course, this isn’t the only eyebrow raising incident involving Tyson and Mayweather in years gone by.

When ‘Iron Mike’ was asked about the previously mentioned street fight with ‘Pretty Boy’ in his prime, he told GQ: “[I would] kick Floyd’s a**e… there wouldn’t even be no match.”

The former undisputed heavyweight champ put his rivalry to one side with Mayweather when he suggested that he’d lose in a boxing fight if he were the same size as him.

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He admitted: “[If] I was his size in the ring, he would outpoint me.”

Mayweather, who boasts an unbeaten record of 50-0, once claimed that he was the best boxer in history and rated himself higher than the likes of Muhammad Ali and Tyson.

Both men have competed in exhibition fights in recent years with Tyson set to battle YouTuber Jake Paul on July 20.

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Gervonta Davis vs. Frank Martin: Curmel Moton Predicts Abdul Wahid’s Fate

It’s been nearly a year since the audience last saw him in the ring. But the prolonged wait may finally come to an end. After the sensational knockout triumph over Ryan Garcia, Abdul Wahid (previously Gervonta Davis) may finally make a comeback. Per the available accounts, an agreement has been reached between him and Frank Martin for a fight, tentatively by the second quarter of this year. The latter’s WBA lightweight title could be at stake. Discussions over the match’s outcome have already started making appearances across social media. Curmel Moton also shared his two bits on the matter.

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“Uh, I think it’s going to be a great match uh I feel like Frank will probably get the first few rounds; we know Tank give away rounds a lot,” said Moton. However, he added that ‘Tank’ won’t take much time before, using his vast experience, he will catch up with ‘The Ghost’ and force his will to win the contest. The Mayweather boxer said, “I feel like he’ll probably catch him, uh, he used to experience, and catch him later on in the fight and take get the dub.”

Abdul Wahid remains, arguably, one of the ‘faces of boxing’. The mere suggestion of his return and fight talks seems to have sent fans and followers into excitement. It may be too far-fetched to consider the bout for a detailed debate. However, it doesn’t do any harm either to check with those whose business concludes with the exchange of blows in the ring.

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Curmel Moton professionally debuted on September 30. He scored a first-round knockout win over Ezequiel Flores on the Canelo Alvarez and Jermell Charlo undercard. Two months later, he was back to face Hunter Turbyfill at the David Benavidez and Demetrius Andrade headline event. The second match followed the previous fight’s pattern, with Moton dispatching Turbyfill in the opening round of their match. In the latest edition, he defeated Los Angeles-born Anthony Cuba by a unanimous decision. Yesterday, he even shared a post that showed him standing fourteenth in the BoxRec rankings.