Kamaru Usman: Nigerian Nightmare blasts Jake Paul for Mike Tyson fight

Nigerian Nightmare Kamaru Usman blasts Jake Paul for Mike Tyson fight.

Kamaru Usman: Nigerian Nightmare blasts Jake Paul for Mike Tyson fight

Tosin Abayomi 23:05 - 16.03.2024

Nigerian Nightmare Kamaru Usman blasts Jake Paul for Mike Tyson fight.

Mike Tyson, the former heavyweight champion, is returning from retirement to fight, but it has been almost 20 years since he last stepped into the ring.

On July 20, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the 57-year-old Tyson will square up against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul.

June 6, 2005, saw Tyson's final professional boxing match against Kevin McBride. After the sixth round, the referee halted the fight and gave McBride a corner retirement victory.

On February 22, 2003, Tyson defeated Clifford Etienne via knockout, marking his final victory in the ring. At the time, Paul was six years old.

Nigerian Nightmare Kamaru Usman blasts Jake Paul for Mike Tyson fight.
Nigerian Nightmare Kamaru Usman blasts Jake Paul for Mike Tyson fight.

Paul most recently defeated Ryan Bourland by TKO on March 2 to secure his sixth knockout victory.

It was his third consecutive victory and increased his boxing record to 9-1 (6 KOs). On February 26, 2023, Paul suffered his lone defeat via split decision to Tommy Fury.

He has since defeated veteran UFC fighters Nate Diaz and Andre August.

Kamaru Usman on Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul

Speaking on his Pound for Pound podcast, Nigerian Nightmare Kamaru Usman slammed Jake Paul for fighting an old Mike Tyson.

He said, "At some point, someone has to be guiding this kid's career.

Nigerian Nightmare Kamaru Usman blasts Jake Paul for Mike Tyson fight.
Nigerian Nightmare Kamaru Usman blasts Jake Paul for Mike Tyson fight.

"Do you wanna be taken seriously as a boxer or do you want to just be that famous youtuber that did the boxing thing?

"Because I do think he's talented and I do think Jake Paul can get good at boxing, but it's at what cost you expect me as a professional fighter, as a real fighter to respect you for this.

In the first-ever live combat sports show on the platform, the bout will only be available for streaming on Netflix.

Related content

Tags: