"I am not going to lose. Did you hear what I said?": Tyson on fight with Paul

Mike Tyson was not in the mood to talk in the press conference before he takes on YouTuberturnedboxer Jake PaulMike Tyson had concise answers at the press conference two nights before locking horns with Jake Paul who is 31 years younger at the home of the NFLs Dallas CowboysThe issue of Tysons health didnt come up in a small concert venue about 20 miles from ATampT Stadium A bout originally scheduled for July 20 was postponed to Friday night after Tyson had to be treated for a stomach ulcer when he fell ill on a flightMike Tyson in a documentary promoting the fight said that he lost 26 pounds in the recovery process but Nakisa Bidarian cofounder with Paul of Most Valuable Promotions said Tyson had been cleared medically for weeksBidarian also said Tyson was going through the same regular medical checkups as any sanctioned profight in TexasAlso ReadFrom Rags to Riches Rinku Singh buys new house worth Rs 35 crore WATCH VIDEONot many states were ready to permit the bout but Texas agreed to a fight consisting of eight rounds instead of 10 or 12 Also the rounds should be of two minutes instead of three and the gloves should be heavier to lower the power of punchesIve said everything I had to say Tyson said in one of several attempts to get him to say more Im just looking forward to fightingIts cute Paul said of the terse Tyson I fear no man so I want him to be that old savage MikePaul couldnt even get Tyson to respond by wearing what the 27yearold said was a diamondspiked ear cover It was Pauls jab at Tyson over the Hall of Famer infamously biting the ear of Evander Holyfield in a 1997 fightTyson did get briefly riled up when somebody asked twice what he would do if he lost His last sanctioned bout was in 2005 Tyson fought Roy Jones Jr in an exhibition four years agoI am not going to lose Mike Tyson said his voice rising the second time it was asked Did you hear what I saidTyson was 506 with 44 knockouts before retiring 19 years ago Paul is 101 with seven knockouts in less than five years as a pro facing mostly mixed martial artists and journeymen boxersThe fight will be the first combat sports event which will be streamed on Netflix and will be available at no additional cost to more than 280 million Netflix subscribers globallyJake Paul is a minus200 betting favourite according to BetMGM Sportsbook That means the payout for a Paul victory would be about half the amount of any betThe comain event is a rematch between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano for the undisputed super welterweight titleTaylor won a split decision that many questioned in a slugfest at soldout Madison Square Garden in 2022 in the first womens fight to headline at the famous venueTaylor and Serrano sat behind Mike Tyson and Paul on the stage with the 10 fighters from the undercards on either side of Tyson and PaulWith AP Inputs