The WBC heavyweight champion was heavily criticized by former boxer Karl Froch after Tyson Fury supported Jake Paul's decision to fight Mike Tyson. The announcement about the social media megastar facing a former world heavyweight champion who is more than 30 years older was controversial.
While many have expressed displeasure with the upcoming Netflix match, the 'Gypsy King' is looking forward to this one. This left a aftertaste in Froch's mouth. Froch was disappointed to hear Fury say in Stomping Ground that a fight between Paul and Tyson would be “great for boxing”.
During a conversation with InstantCasions, Froch had a strong reaction to Fury. “No, it's not good for boxing,” the 46-year-old began. “For Tyson Fury to say it's good for boxing…he needs to look in the mirror and look at what he's done.
“Look at what professional fighters do, what they go through, and think to yourself, “This is what a professional legend and icon, 57 years old… I'm Jake Paul, the performance clown who jumps in there with the men' boxing. “
In 2023, Paul and Froch exchanged verbal abuse with the YouTuber calling the British fighter “hopeless,” but the former super middleweight world champion said that if they had a fight, he would call Paul “a piece of shit.” We'll get it back on track.”
There's no love lost between Froch and Paul, with the former reiterating his desire to teach the 27-year-old a lesson. “He would be a real idiot to fight Mike Tyson,” the Nottingham native added. “That's wrong. It should stop.
“Listen, I hope Tyson goes out there for 30 seconds and unleashes hell on Jake Paul, flattens him and boxing with pride. Jake Paul was also totally disrespectful in the build-up. He tried to imitate and copy Mike Tyson by biting off his ear.
“I don't think it's funny. If he doesn't like something, he'll fight me, right? I'd love to slam my teeth into the back of his throat.”
Paul and Tyson are training for their fight scheduled for July 20th at AT&T Stadium in Texas. “Iron Mike” has released several training videos, in which he still has sufficient speed and accuracy.
He seemed pretty confident heading into the match, as he said to Paul in one of his training videos: “Do you still want to have sex with me?'' However, some still have concerns about the bout, as Tony Bellew insisted the bout should be scripted to protect boxing legends. “Personally I'm worried, but listen, I don't know what was agreed between the two of them,” he told Spinbet.
“It's scary for Mike Tyson to go back into the boxing ring against an opponent that's over 30 years older than him. It's kind of crazy. I don't want to see Mike get hurt in any way, so I'm going to fight him. I hope this fight is a bit of a circus and a bit scripted. Let's wait and see. He's going to get paid a lot and who has the right to stop that? There isn't even one.”
