Carl Froch believes it’s ‘disgraceful’ to put an ‘icon’ like Mike Tyson in with ‘performing clown’ Jake Paul
Former super-middleweight champion, Carl Froch, has slammed the recently announced bout between YouTuber-turned-boxer, Jake Paul, and heavyweight boxing legend, Mike Tyson, labelling the event as both ‘disgraceful’ and ‘disrespectful’.
Paul extended his professional record to 9-1 with a second consecutive first-round knockout win, stopping former Golden Gloves winner Ryan Bourland (17-2) earlier this month.
Now ‘The Problem Child’ is preparing for his most high-profile fight to date, as he gets ready for a showdown against a true legend of the sport, although ‘The Cobra’ Froch shared his disapproval at the contest because of the 30-year age discrepancy between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, Boxing Scene reports.
“He’s always such a big name he’ll always be able to earn his own money, Mike Tyson – he doesn’t need to jump in with Jake Paul. And he’ll lose the fight, whether he means to lose or whether he actually gets beaten by someone 25, 26 years old – he’s nearly 60.
“It’s so disrespectful to our sport, to put somebody like Mike Tyson, who’s an icon of the sport, in with a performing clown like Jake Paul, who can’t fight. We saw he can’t fight against a novice in Tommy Fury; they come along and earn fortunes because they’ve got children following them. This demographic that follows Jake Paul – it’s not realistic.“They can make money from it, but to fight Mike Tyson is disrespectful; it’s disgraceful. I’ll be putting him right – saying that. It’s wrong.
“I hope Mike Tyson sees sense. He’s very articulate at times, and he gives some good interviews and represents himself very well, but when you’re nearly 60 and you’re in that mindset, you don’t wanna be getting in the ring with a 20-something year old.”
Paul-Tyson is set to take place on July 20th, with promoters pushing for the clash to be a professional one, although other rumours suggest that fans will be underwhelmed when the rules of the contest are officially confirmed.