Jake Paul has large plans after preventing Mike Tyson.
Paul (10-1, 7 KOs) takes on 58-year-old boxing legend Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) in a Netflix particular occasion Friday on the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The bout is scheduled for eight, 2-minute rounds.
If Paul delivers on his promise to complete Tyson, he’ll re-divert his consideration to Canelo Alvarez, who retained his tremendous middleweight title with a dominant win over Edgar Berlanga in September.
“I do (have a callout). It’s Canelo,” Paul stated on the “TimboSugarShow podcast with Sean O’Malley and Tim Welch. “This second will show that I’m the face of boxing, the most important attraction. Me vs. Canelo at 200 kilos for the cruiserweight championship of the world is the most important combat, arguably even greater than me vs. Tyson. It makes a lot sense. Canelo is on his method out. He’s going to need a payday, and I need to present the world that each one the sh*t I’ve been speaking about beating Canelo is definitely true.
“I’ll have the most important upset within the sport of boxing, and we’ll combat to actually see who really is the face of boxing as a result of, after this occasion, I’m going to assert it. I beat his gate document in Texas, I’m beating the ticket gross sales, all of that stuff. So, the numbers and the info present it. I’ve extra followers than him, and so on. And now that is going to be probably the most watched combat of this century, so I’m going to be the brand new cash magnet.”
In line with FanDuel, Paul is a -215 favourite over former heavyweight champion Tyson, who’s a +172 underdog.
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