Promoter Oscar De La Hoya says Mike Tyson needs a knockout inside three rounds for him to have a chance of beating Jake Paul this Friday night.
De La Hoya feels the 58-year-old Tyson will burn out after three and be at the mercy of the 27-year-old Jake (10-1, 7 KOs), who can punch a bit for a cruiserweight and is 31 years younger .
Oscar thinks that Tyson’s gas tank will fade after three rounds, as he is old, hasn’t fought in 19 years, and had stamina problems in the last two fights of his career in 2004 and 2005.
Tyson needs a quick knockout
“Mike Tyson has three rounds to take care of business. After three rounds, that gas tank started to drop, and he started to disappear,” Oscar De La Hoya told the Pounding Groundwhat the jake paul vs. Mike Tyson fight Friday analyzed.
“At his age it’s going to be very difficult if it goes past three rounds for Tyson. I think if Tyson lands the right punch in the first three rounds, it could be Sayonara for Jake Paul. I’ll give it to Jake Paul if it goes past four rounds.”
Tyson can knock Paul out past the third round because he will still have a massive power, speed and skill advantage no matter how far into the fight it goes. Paul is not a big puncher, and he is very, very slow. He’s below professional standards, and Tyson can knock him out if he doesn’t gas or sustain an injury.
It was a bad sign that Tyson was out of breath minutes after his public workout on Tuesday. He huffed and puffed in the ring for many minutes into his interview, and you could tell he was having trouble recovering from a handful of punches. He shouldn’t have been so tired if his cardio was on point.
Questioning Jake Paul’s tactics
“I question his tactics. Fighting Mike Tyson, who is 58 years old, and fighting an ex-basketball player that he can knock out,” De La Hoya said of Jake’s strategic cherry-picking. “I understand it’s entertainment and that he’s done an incredible job of marketing himself and picking and choosing the right opponents.”
What De La Hoya doesn’t take note of is what Jake Paul’s career is all about. It’s not about him trying to become a world champion and certainly not about being a legend. It’s all about monetizing to capitalize on his massive social media following.
Hero worship
When you have 27 million Instagram followerslike Jake does, you can promote your fights to them, and many of them will buy them on PPV. They are not boxing fans. These are Jake’s followers, and this is a classic example of hero worship. He could sell anything to these people.
Since other sports like the NFL, NBA and NHL require real talent and are well regulated, the leagues would NEVER allow Jake to join their teams and sell his efforts on PPV. In boxing, anyone can set up fights if they have the popularity, which Jake has because he is an influencer.
“He takes the sport very seriously, but if you’re going to take it seriously, go the way legendary fighters have walked. Fight real fighters,” De La Hoya said.
Mike Tyson is about as RIGHT as it gets for Jake Paul unless he can convince Canelo Alvarez to fight him. Jake’s brother, Logan Paul, also an influencer, fought retired former world champion Floyd Mayweather on June 6, 2021, earning between $5 million and $20 million. Logan has no intention of becoming a world champion in boxing or a legend. It’s about the money.
