Hulk Hogan worried Jake Paul could ‘kill’ Mike Tyson
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During his legendary professional wrestling career, Hulk Hogan would preach for kids to say their prayers and eat their vitamins.
Now, he’s worried that Mike Tyson should probably say his prayers before his fight against Jake Paul.
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During an appearance on Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast last week, the 71-year-old WWE hall of famer shared his concern for the boxing icon, who will be stepping into the ring with Jake Paul in November.
“Your brother is too strong,” Hogan told Logan of Jake. “As soon as I saw him get the guy up with the left to throw the overhand right? I went, ‘Oh, my God.’
“I mean, really, it was scary. I love Mike to death. I don’t want him to kill Mike. Jesus.”
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The blockbuster fight between Tyson, 58, and Paul, 27, already has been postponed once from its original July date.
The officially sanctioning boxing match, which will be broadcast live on Netflix from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Tex., was pushed back after Tyson had a medical emergency related to ulcers on a cross-country flight.
Hogan’s stance on the fight has changed over the past few months.
During an interview in June. the retired WWE icon weighed in on the boxing spectacle between Tyson and Paul, unironically calling it the “fight of the century.”
At the time, he also made a surprising pick, backing the “scary” Tyson.
“When he gets focused, he will seek and destroy,” Hogan, real name Terry Bollea, told TMZ. “I see that bad dog look in his eye now. It’s like when you don’t trust a bad dog, it might bite you at any time. That’s the look he’s got.
“I remember that look from 25 years ago, it’s kind of scary.”
Tyson hasn’t been in a sanctioned fight since 2005, when he lost to Kevin McBride. His professional record stands at 50-6, but he has lost three of past six fights.
He fought to a draw in an exhibition against Roy Jones Jr. in November 2020.
Paul, on the other hand, has fought 11 times over the past four years with a record of 10-1 with seven knockouts. The YouTuber-turned-boxer’s took on Michael Perry in July as a replacement for the Tyson bout and scored a knockout victory.
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