faruki.nadeemThe opening odds for Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson are out.
It’s only been a few hours since the combat sports world came to a screeching halt. Jake Paul will fight Mike Tyson and yes, unfortunately, it’s real. The fight was announced by Paul and confirmed by Tyson, Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions.
Now that the shock is starting to wear off, we must think critically about the fight that absolutely no one asked to see.
The first order of business is to see who will come out as a favorite. And, even though its going to pain us all … the answer is fairly obvious.
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson betting odds
Paul is the favorite when it comes to the opening odds versus Tyson
- Jake Paul-500
- Mike Tyson+325
Odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson early preview & prediction
Our hearts of course want to see Tyson knockout out Paul and send him into retirement but that’s probably not going to happen.
Paul is young, and he’s been training and fighting for years now. He’s got skills. But it’s that age factor that will really be key here. Tyson is 57 years old, that’s 30 years older than Paul who turned 27 in January. The age difference is wild.
We don’t know the ruleset yet, and that could change things slightly, but probably won’t affect the outcome all that much.
Jake Paul and Mike Tyson make their predictions
Both fighters have weighed in and given their predictions for the figh
Paul tweeted-“My sights are set on becoming a world champion, and now I have a chance to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion of the world, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time. Time to put Iron Mike to sleep.”
Tyson also revealed his prediction for the match-up with Paul.
“I’m very much looking forward to stepping into the ring with Jake Paul at the AT&T Stadium,” he said. “He’s grown significantly as a boxer over the years, so it will be a lot of fun to see what the will and ambition of a ‘kid’ can do with the experience and aptitude of a GOAT. It’s a full circle moment that will be beyond thrilling to watch; as I started him on his boxing journey on the undercard of my fight with Roy Jones and now I plan to finish him.”
The fight takes place on July 20 in Texas. It will stream live on Netflix.
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We are all to blame for Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
On Thursday morning the news broke that 27-year-old Jake Paul would be fighting 57-year-old Mike Tyson. After we all stopped collectively screaming into the void, the reality finally began to sink in.
We did this to ourselves.
We have no one to blame for this fight but us. Without people talking about, writing stories about, or buying Paul’s fights, this would not be happening. The quickest way to make something disappear is to ignore it. We’ve been taught this since kindergarten when the playground bully pulled our hair. Don’t react, that’s what they want. But we never listened.
No one, not even another 57 year old man has any business fighting Tyson who has been seen walking with a cane and using a wheelchair. Where is fighter safety in all this?
We have been mad at Paul since he fought Ben Askren, and that did $1.5 million in PPV buys. So clearly, we weren’t that mad. And even if you didn’t actually shell out the money for the PPV, you probably talked about it. And we all know the power of social media. It matters.
Everyone is to blame, including myself.
Jake Paul keeps fighting old men because we keep watching it
We started the trend that Jake Paul boxing an old guy sells. It sold with Ben Askren, it sold with Woodley (both times), and it sold with Anderson Silva and Tommy Fury. Even Nate Diaz couldn’t save us from ourselves.
I know, i’m writing a stroy right now and giving the fight attention, I see the irony. But that’s my job. If you stop talking about, clicking stories about or reading about Paul, we’ll stop writing. It’s a hamster wheel, someone has to get off. Please get off.
If we want these kinds of fights to go away we have to stop buying them, we have to stop tweeting about them, and we have to make the bully give up. Until then, he’ll keep booking these fights.
