The fireworks are starting early between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul.
On Thursday, Tyson and Paul hit the scales for the official weigh-in ahead of their highly-anticipated fight on Friday that will be streamed live on Netflix. As the two fighters were going nose-to-nose, Tyson took exception to Paul apparently stepping on his foot and proceeded to give Paul a pretty hard slap to the face.
Here is the video.
MIKE TYSON HITS JAKE PAUL AT THE WEIGH IN #PaulTyson
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LIVE ON NETFLIX
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15
8 PM ET | 5 PM PT pic.twitter.com/kFU40jVvk0— Netflix (@netflix) November 15, 2024
Another angle showed the exact moment where Paul seemed to step on Tyson’s foot.
For everyone saying it was staged, Jake stepped on his foot pic.twitter.com/i5ioLBnWRQ
— Mike™ (@StonewallSieve) November 15, 2024
Tyson officially clocked in at 228.4 pounds and Paul at 227.2 pounds for the professionally sanctioned heavyweight fight, which will take place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Tex.
It is still unclear just how serious the bout will be, especially since Tyson is 58 now (to Paul’s 27) and has not had a real professional fight since 2005. But at the very least, the two fighters are doing a good job of drumming up interest in their showdown. Things already got physical between Tyson and Paul during a joint press conference in August, and Tyson also just made headlines earlier this week for an unusual pre-fight interview.
