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<\/p>\nMike Tyson said he\u2019s nervous and afraid to get in the ring with Jake Paul for their exhibition fight set for July 20 in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n
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But that\u2019s normal for the 57-year-old former heavyweight champion, who explained in a recent interview why fear is part of his success plan.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a weird personality,\u201d Tyson\u00a0told Fox News\u2019 Sean Hannity\u00a0on Tuesday night. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s weird though. Whatever I\u2019m afraid to do, I do it. And that\u2019s how it is. I was afraid of the Roy [Jones Jr.] fight [in 2020].![\"Jake](\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/2024-jake-paul-winning-fight-77866109.jpg?w=1024\")
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\u201cI was 100 pounds overweight, I was however old, 54, 53, and I said \u2018Let\u2019s do it.\u2019 Anything I\u2019m afraid of, I confront it. And that\u2019s my personality. Right now, I\u2019m scared to death.![\"Jake](\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/2024-jake-paul-action-ryan-77608228.jpg?w=1024\")
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\u201cAs the fight gets closer, the less nervous I become because it\u2019s reality and in reality, I\u2019m invincible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tyson went on to explain that feeling fear is a sign of victory and that he would\u2019ve never agreed to fight the 27-year-old Paul if he wasn\u2019t ready.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always believed that adversity and nervousness pretty much catapulted me into success,\u201d he said. \u201cIf I didn\u2019t have these feelings, I wouldn\u2019t go into this fight. I have to have these feelings to fight. Without them, I would never go in the ring.\u201d![\"mike](\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/tyson-paul-tale-of-the-tape.jpg?w=1024\")
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Tyson said Paul has \u201ccome a long way from YouTubing\u201d and creating \u201cweird\u201d videos on the internet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw a YouTube of him at 16 doing weird dances. That\u2019s not the guy I\u2019m gonna be fighting,\u201d Tyson said. \u201cThis guy is gonna come, he\u2019s gonna try to hurt me, which I\u2019m accustomed to, and he\u2019s gonna be greatly mistaken.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paul (9-1, 6 KOs) vs. Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) will take place at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys, and will stream live exclusively on Netflix.![\"Mike](\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/mike-tyson-exits-ring-receiving-77872180.jpg?w=1024\")
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The boxing legend, who will be 58 (his birthday is June 30) when he and Paul get in the ring, is not worried about the 31-year age gap.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m 58 and what? I\u2019m getting billions of views from just talking to somebody about fighting,\u201d\u00a0Tyson told Reuters.<\/p>\n
Both fighters have been touting the fight to produce blockbuster numbers.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody, even most of the athletes, they\u2019re jealous, that\u2019s whack,\u201d Tyson said. \u201cI say in your prime you couldn\u2019t draw a million people, man. What are you talking, you couldn\u2019t sell out an arena. Who at 58 could sell out an 80,000-seat arena?\u201d<\/p>\n
During a 2022 episode of his \u201cHotboxin\u2019\u201d podcast, Tyson told UFC commentator Joe Rogan\u00a0he would fight Paul for one reason: to break records for pay-per-view buys.![\"Mike](\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/mike-tyson-throws-punch-seventh-20032371.jpg?w=1024\")
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Tyson hasn\u2019t fought since November 2020, when he faced Jones in an exhibition bout in Los Angeles \u2014 which marked his first professional fight in over 15 years.<\/p>\n
Paul is coming off back-to-back knockouts against pro boxers and Golden Glove winners Ryan Bourland (March 2024) and Andre August (December 2023).<\/p>\n
The Tyson-Paul fight is the first-ever partnership between Netflix and Paul\u2019s Most Valuable Promotions (MVP).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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