“He Needs To Be Taught A Lesson”: Andrew Tate Breaks Silence On Jake Paul-Mike Tyson Fight
80,000 people gathered around a sold-out arena to watch, and boo, Jake Paul as he defeated Mike Tyson on Saturday morning—and it seems as if Andrew Tate has something to say about that.
The highly anticipated boxing match between Paul, 27, and Tyson, 58, was viewed by a record-breaking 60 million people in households.
Fans were not happy with the result, calling out the 31 year age gap and widely criticizing the YouTuber for agreeing at all.
Tate, however, argued that the younger fighter deserved some credit, while issuing an open challenge for the near future.
Many figures associated with boxing condemned Paul for taking advantage of his young age, but Tate came to his defense.
“Jake’s an okay guy. He’s putting boxing on the map to be fair to him,” he said.
The media personality added, “To be fair to the guy, he can sell tickets. I mean nobody, and this is with all due respect, should give a sh–t about watching a 60-year-old fight a 27-year-old, but Jake can make them care.”
“And, because he can make them care, he gets paid more than most boxers will ever make in their entire careers for one fight.”
But it doesn’t seem as if Tate will let Paul off the hook that easily.
Three years ago, the former kickboxer accused him of not taking the sport as seriously as he should, while simultaneously flaunting his money and living “in a dream world.”
Tate mentioned the famous callout again, saying he wasn’t backing down yet.
“There was a time when [Jake Paul] and I were talking about fighting,” he said, as a four-time kickboxing world champion who has six fights under his belt. “I think if this arrest didn’t happen, it probably would have come to flourish.
“We will see what happens in the future, we will see perhaps, it’s possible, there’s nothing no, there’s nothing yes.
“We will see, I will skip this matrix attack and perhaps if he needs to be taught a lesson, I will be the guy to teach him.”
As the fight neared its end, fans noted Paul didn’t knock Tyson out, with the former saying he didn’t want to “hurt” him when it wasn’t necessary.
“Yeah definitely [took my foot off the gas],” he said during a press conference following the match. “Definitely a bit. I wanted to give the fans a show but I didn’t want to hurt someone that didn’t need to be hurt.”
The young boxer could also tell Tyson wasn’t as focused due to his older age.
“There was a point where I was just like he’s not really engaging back and I don’t know if he’s tired or whatever.”
He added, “I just have so much respect for him and that violence/war thing between us, after he slapped me I wanted to be aggressive and take him down and knock him out and all that stuff but that kind of went away as the rounds went on.”
