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#pounditSaturday, December 7, 2024

Mike Tyson slaps Jake Paul during pre-fight weigh-in

Mike Tyson slapping Jake Paul

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.

Another angle showed the exact moment where Paul seemed to step on Tyson’s foot.

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.

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