Jake Paul has big plans after fighting Mike Tyson.
Paul (10-1, 7 KOs) takes on 58-year-old boxing legend Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) in a Netflix special event Friday at the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The bout is scheduled for eight, 2-minute rounds.
If Paul delivers on his promise to finish Tyson, he will re-divert his attention to Canelo Alvarez, who retained his super middleweight title with a dominant win over Edgar Berlanga in September.
“I do (have a callout). It’s Canelo,” Paul said on the “TimboSugarShow podcast with Sean O’Malley and Tim Welch. “This moment will prove that I’m the face of boxing, the largest attraction. Me vs. Canelo at 200 pounds for the cruiserweight championship of the world is the biggest fight, arguably even bigger than me vs. Tyson. It makes so much sense. Canelo is on his way out. He’s going to want a payday, and I want to show the world that all the sh*t I’ve been talking about beating Canelo is actually true.
“I’ll have the biggest upset in the sport of boxing, and we will fight to really see who actually is the face of boxing because, after this event, I’m going to claim it. I beat his gate record in Texas, I’m beating the ticket sales, all of that stuff. So, the numbers and the data show it. I have more followers than him, etc. And now this is going to be the most watched fight of this century, so I’m going to be the new money magnet.”
According to FanDuel, Paul is a -215 favorite over former heavyweight champion Tyson, who’s a +172 underdog.
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