Mike Tyson accused of faking Jake Paul struggle coaching footage by UFC icon
Mike Tyson has been accused of faking footage of his latest trainings session forward of his conflict with Jake Paul.
The Baddest Man on the Planet can be stepping toe-to-toe with The Problem Child on the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on July 20 in one of the crucial highly-anticipated fights in fashionable boxing. Tyson can be 31 years older than Paul throughout the bout, and a few are involved for the 57-year-old’s well-being.
That mentioned, the previous heavyweight champion seems to be in nice form and has been posting brief compilation movies of his intense coaching classes on daily basis since Wednesday (March 13). Some, nonetheless, are somewhat sceptical in regards to the posts.
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UFC icon Chael Sonnen says he reckons the movies are fabricated and advised that Tyson ought to begin “splashing water on himself” to make it appear like he’d been sweating furiously.
Quote-posting the primary of Tyson’s exercise movies on X, Sonnen wrote: “In the future, if you’re ever going to spend five seconds hitting mitts, as a way of making the audience believe you’re doing a training session, make sure you splash water on your face and t-shirt first.”
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Sonnen, 46, spent six years competing in UFC and challenged for the Middleweight and Lightweight championships. The American is thought for his outspokenness and likened Paul’s conflict with Tyson to “elderly abuse”.
Speaking on the PBD Podcast, Sonnen referenced Vitor Belfort’s boxing match towards Evander Holyfield in 2021, saying: “Vitor Belfort, who has by no means boxed, put him away so quick. So, this [Holyfield] is an Olympic gold medallist you are watching.
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“Vitor, who has never done it [boxing], put him away so fast that it ended Vitor’s [boxing] career,” he mentioned. “They would not book him again. They labelled him like an elderly abuser. ‘How dare you? How could you do this?’ Vitor never got another fight… He [Paul] will get teased for taking this [Tyson] fight.”
Tyson hasn’t fought since going through Roy Jones Jr. in a non-scored exhibition bout in 2020, whereas his final skilled struggle got here again in 2005. Paul, in the meantime, has fought 10 occasions since launching his boxing profession 4 years in the past, successful 9 of them. His solely defeat got here towards Tommy Fury in February final yr.
