Former world champion Anthony Joshua has expressed his concerns for Mike Tyson ahead of his fight with Jake Paul, stating that he will be praying for Tyson’s safety. The highly anticipated fight will take place on Friday, November 15 at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas, and is expected to attract up to 80,000 spectators.

The fight was initially scheduled for July, but had to be postponed because Tyson suffered a flare-up of ulcers during a flight two months before the original date.

Mike Tyson, also known as “Iron Mike”, has not competed in a professional match since his loss to former Irish boxer Kevin McBride in 2005. However, four years ago he took part in an exhibition match against another boxing legend, Roy Jones Jr. .

The 58-year-old last tasted victory in the ring in 2003, when he defeated Clifford Etienne. Jake Paul, nicknamed “The Problem Child,” made his professional debut in 2020 and has been quite busy in the ring since then. He already has wins over Tyron Woodley, Anderson Silva, Nate Diaz and Ben Askren. With a record of 10-1, his only loss was to Tommy Fury on points last year.

The announcement of the fight was met with criticism due to the significant age difference of 31 years between the two fighters. Concerns about Tyson’s health have increased after the 58-year-old recently revealed he had trouble walking after training.

British heavyweight boxing star Joshua gave his predictions for the upcoming fight and tipped 27-year-old Paul to win. He said, “He is [Mike Tyson] now older. I pray he comes out robust. I think Jake Paul because of his youth – that’s the only thing.”

Despite criticism from many sides, Tyson Fury remains positive about the event and suggests that those who are not interested in the high-profile fight are simply “jealous”. He told ProBoxingFans: “I think it’s a fantastic event. Anyone who doesn’t think this is a fantastic event is jealous.

“Of course, it will be mainly the people who don’t make money from it who will be jealous, because it’s not them. So they would probably talk badly about it. But obviously I’m not involved in it, I don’t get paid from it, but when I see it, I see a huge, large-scale event and I appreciate Mike’s performance at his age and I appreciate Jake’s performance and bringing so many eyes to boxing.

In an interview with MMA Fighting ahead of his first fight against Oleksandr Usyk in May, Fury expressed his admiration for the upcoming fight, which will be streamed live on Netflix. “Only jealous warriors [feel weird about the showdown]– he noticed.

“Negative people who don’t make any money. I think it’s fantastic. It made a lot of money. “Seeing the legend Mike Tyson back in the ring in my day… I know [Jake and Logan Paul have] a lot of haters, but I’m not one of them.”

Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping confidently stated that he would easily defeat YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul. Paul, known as “The Problem Child”, is currently preparing for his upcoming heavyweight clash with former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Mike Tyson.

Since making his professional boxing debut four years ago, Paul has become known for challenging UFC legends. He can boast of victories in the ring over Anderson Silva, Tyron Woodley, Ben Askren and Nate Diaz. The 27-year-old enters the fight against Tyson following a knockout victory over former UFC welterweight contender Mike Perry.

Legendary UFC fighter Michael Bisping launched a scathing attack on Jake Paul during his fight Program on YouTubeunimpressed by the antics of the “Problem Child”. “You’re a joke,” Bisping exclaimed.

“You are a disgrace to the fighting world. You are a fraud. You’re a wannabe. You are phony. Take up the challenge, you pathetic human, pathetic individual.

“Fighting is about challenging yourself. That’s right, business. Killing him for that. But don’t give me crap about this fighter. This is what gets on my nerves. This man is almost 60 years ancient. He is almost retired. …Mike Tyson was a terrifying person. Facing this man in his prime, Jesus Christ, he was one of the scariest men we have ever seen in any combat sport. This man was a uncomplicated word killer.”

TNT Sports pundit Bisping again criticized the fight in an interview with: Mirror fight. “Jake Paul, listen, I have nothing personal against Jake Paul, but he just likes to attack the UFC, he likes to attack MMA fighters, and at the same time he picks guys who are not boxers,” he said.

“Go and box a boxer, go box a boxer, or go and fight someone your own age. That’s all you have to do and I will show you respect. He’s made a tremendous amount of money as a businessman, and I’m rooting for him for that, because at the end of the day, that’s what we’re all trying to do.”

Despite hanging up his gloves in 2017, “The Problem Child” continues to challenge the British MMA legend. Although Bisping has no intention of coming out of retirement, “The Count” issued a stern warning to the youthful American.

“But don’t tell me this is the worst man in the world, don’t give me this talk about the world champion. I don’t buy it for a second. “I mean, this man dared me not too long ago to send a contract to my manager,” he said. “I have been retired for a long time, I have one eye, I have had two knee surgeries. I would smoke Jake Paul in a heartbeat, but I won’t stoop to that.”

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Tyson has not entered the professional ring since his fight with Kevin McBride in 2005, when he folded in defeat. Nevertheless, four years ago he returned for an exhibition fight against another icon, Roy Jones Jr.

Despite his mixed feelings about the upcoming heavyweight fight, Bisping supports the veteran. “I hope Mike Tyson does it, but the whole thing is a joke,” he said.

Mike Tyson comes out of professional retirement to face Jake Paul for eight two-minute heavyweight rounds on Friday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Tyson vs Paul streaming on Netflix.

This contest is based on both men’s professional records and took some time to prepare as Tyson (50-6, 44 KO) had to withdraw from the original July date due to ulcer exacerbation.

“Iron Mike” hadn’t fought as a pro since 2005 and was certainly in the twilight of his career, but at age 58 he had trained himself to take fighting “The Problem Child” seriously.

Tyson was, of course, the unified heavyweight champion, but he ended his career with three disastrous defeats in his last four fights, which were painful opening defeats to Lennox Lewis, Danny Williams and Kevin McBride.

Since then, he has had various exhibition fights, the last one in July 2020, when he won over Roy Jones Jr. over eight rounds.

Paul (10-1, 7 KO) has handpicked his opponents as a professional and has won four times since a split decision loss to Tommy Fury in February 2022, the latest being a sixth-round stoppage of Michael Perry, who had just one previous professional competition.

Taylor meets Serrano in a rematch

The main event here is the main support, with Katie Taylor defending her undisputed super lightweight crown against Amanda Serrano in a rematch of their April 2022 classic.

Taylor (23-1, 6 KO) entered that meeting having won the undisputed lightweight title by split decision, and since then Serrano (47-2-1, 31 KO) has returned to featherweight to pristine up the division.

The 36-year-old Puerto Rican was last sidelined in July, after stopping Stevie Morgan in the second round in Tampa.

Her Irish rival had just three more fights and the move up to super lightweight meant her first loss, a near majority defeat to Chantelle Cameron in Dublin last May.

The 38-year-old, however, will exact immediate revenge by taking her own majority verdict in the rematch last November.

Neighborhood fights Ramos

In the second of three world title fights, Mario Barrios will defend his WBC welterweight title against Abel Ramos.

Former WBA super lightweight champion Barrios (29-2, 18 KO) handed the title to Gervonta Davis in 2021, then lost to Keith Thurman before rebuilding.

Victories over Yordenis Ugas and Fabian Andres Maidana (both on the cards) earned him the WBC interim title, and in June he was promoted to full champion, making his first defense here.

Ramos (28-6-2, 22 KO) hardly deserves this shot as he has lost three of his last five fights, and he will enter this fight coming off a cautious fifth-round stoppage of Juan Ramon Guzman.

Green Faces of Watpool

The field includes vacant WBO super middleweight title Shadasia Green and Canadian Melinda Watpool.

Green (14-1, 11 KO) missed her first shot at a world title, defeating Franchon Crews-Dezurn for the WBC super middleweight world title last December, and Watpool (7-0, 2 KO ) wins maiden title chance at title.

Undercard remaining

The remaining ten fights take place in the lightweight category, where Lucas Bahdi (17-0, 15 KO) should defeat Armando Casamonica (14-0, 3 KO).

In the remaining eight rounds, Bruce Carrington (13-0, 8 KO) will fight his fourth fight of the year, and the featherweight fighter can stop Dana Coolwell (13-2, 8 KO), and the only six-round fight should feature middleweight debutant Whindersson. Nunes is ahead of Neeraj Goyat (18-4-2, 8 KO).