Mike Tyson's Most Recent Opponent Likens His Punch to A Donkey Kick, Fires Warning to Jake Paul

• Mike Tyson will face Jake Paul in a highly anticipated bout in July 2024
• The upcoming fight has amassed interest from boxing legends
• One boxer who faced Mike Tyson has sent Jake Paul a message

Jake Paul has been warned Mike Tyson still packs a mean punch ahead of their upcoming fight in July.

The Youtube star is set to fight Iron Mike, who is 30 years his senior, in an exhibition fight at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in a match that will be aired on Netflix.

Having campaigned in cruiserweight, Paul is looking to transition to the heavyweight category as he continues to pursue an ambitious boxing career.

Tyson is well past his glory days, but there is a reason he was dubbed “the baddest man on the planet”.

The retired champion is still a force to reckon with, and no one knows this better than the last person to face Tyson in the ring - Roy Jones jnr.

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Roy Jones faced Mike Tyson in an entertaining exhibition match in 2020 and recently gave a detailed account about what it was like to fight the retired champ, who was 53 at the time.

"The first time he hit me in the chest, it felt like a mule had kicked me in the chest,” Roy Jones Jr told boxing legend Shane Mosley.

"And if he hits anybody with a shot like that, they are either going out or down, especially guys who are not used to being hit like that.

Roy Jones further claimed that the sheer force of Mike Tyson’s punch may prove too tough for a person of Jake Paul’s physical stature to handle.

"It might hit him on the chin like that, we’ll see, but it’s going to be tough [for him].”

Roy Jones has not only faced Mike Tyson, but he has also come up against other formidable names in the boxing world in the past.

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Despite coming up against Bernard Hopkins and James Toney in his prime, he still ranks Mike Tyson as his toughest opponent.

Jake Paul’s current weight

Meanwhile, Jake Paul will be feeling quite confident ahead of the fight.

His most recent bout saw him overcome Ryan Bourland in March 2024 and since then, SPORTbible reports that ‘The Problem Child’ has been working hard to get his weight up.

Paul is reportedly 230lbs as at April 2024.

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Sports Brief also reported on some of the boxing heavyweights who could face Anthony Joshua this year.

The British heavyweight confirmed that he will return to fight again this year, six months since his devastating knockout of Francis Ngannou.

All four potential opponents will be in action on June 1 on the undercard of the undisputed Light Heavyweight fight between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.