Jake Paul thinks Conor McGregor’s criticism of his struggle with Mike Tyson is out of jealousy.
YouTuber-turned-pro boxer Paul (9-1) takes on boxing legend Tyson (50-6) on July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The occasion will stream reside on Netflix.
McGregor referred to as Paul’s struggle with Tyson “a bit unusual,” and stated the curiosity is low. Paul thinks in any other case, claiming the numbers on social media have been booming, and have far surpassed McGregor’s announcement that he’s combating Michael Chandler on June 29.
“So, Conor, you’re saying that curiosity is low for the struggle however the final struggle you introduced, there was 1,000 articles written in a multiple-day span, individuals speaking about your final struggle,” Paul stated on his B/S with Jake Paul podcast. “In that very same multiple-day span, there was 10,000 articles written about (Paul vs. Tyson).
“No struggle ever has finished these numbers by way of faceoff views, Instagram reels. Simply on our foremost pages alone, it’s like 50, 60 million Instagram views on each of our posts – to not point out each single different sports activities web page posting it. That’s by no means occurred within the historical past of the game to succeed in these numbers. So that is, in my thoughts, the largest struggle the world will ever see.”
Paul says combating such a well-known and completed determine like Tyson will solely assist develop boxing.
“There’s no cause for them to be jealous,” Paul stated. “I get that individuals are jealous, however that is serving to the game of boxing. Isn’t that what individuals ought to wish to see – getting extra children into the gyms, spanning two generations collectively, doing it on the largest scale potential? When the outdated heads like Conor are nonetheless attempting to hate, why are you attempting to drag individuals down? Your ego is that (massive)?”
Whereas his struggle with Tyson can be free for all Netflix subscribers, Paul says extra individuals will watch it than McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather, which holds the document for second most boxing pay-per-view buys of all time.
“It’ll be extra seen, 1,000 p.c – for positive extra seen,” Paul stated. “Clearly, it’ll be free (for subscribers), so we will’t examine pay-per-view numbers.”
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