Rapper Lil Pump joined Jake Paul, his girlfriend, Jutta Leerdam, and Kill Jasper see in bing.com the studio of ‘BS w/Jake Paul’. Over the course of the conversation, Jake Paul revealed that he planned on getting a face tattoo in the week leading to the Mike Tyson fight. Leerdam, the Dutch world speed skating champion, sounded a bit apprehensive over the idea. «Well, I don’t think that’s a great idea,» she said. Lil Pump had other doubts. He asked whether ‘The Problem Child’ hadn’t planned on getting the ones ‘Iron’ Mike donned.
«Once again S/O to @carlos__macedo for letting me do my 1st tat on his hand today…. Dope experience. & thank him for the drawing of my daughter he did on the left & the tat of the portrait on my leg we just finished. The pics ain’t the same size but you get it…….Now time for my 2nd tat of the night…… Awwwww shit, who gets two big ass tats on the same day ??? You got it, my dumb ass lol #DoWork.»
Eventually, Howard Foster, the referee called off the bout after Joe suffered significant swelling to his right eye. Thus, the fight ended with Zhang securing the WBO interim heavyweight title while Joe suffered his first defeat. Following the win, Zhang is next in line to face Oleksandr Usyk.
According to Heavy, Mike Tyson told the Impaulsive with Logan Paul podcast that he was arrested 40 times before the age of 12 while growing up in Brooklyn. He said that he committed «burglaries, pick-pocketing, snatching jewelry… One-punch knockout and then go in their pocket, robbery.»
Tyson eventually was relicensed, and he returned to the ring on January 16, 1999, when he knocked out Franz Botha in the fifth round. On February 6, however, Tyson was sentenced to one year in jail, two years of probation, and 200 hours of community service and was fined $2,500 after he pleaded no contest to charges that he had assaulted two elderly men following a 1998 automobile accident. Tyson was released after serving just a few months of the one-year sentence.
So, will Paul’s daring mimicry amplify his own legacy, or will it be remembered as a fleeting spectacle in the annals of boxing history? Let us know your thoughts on Jake Paul getting the Mike Tyson tattoo.
Round 3: Joyce comes out trying to stick that jab in there, also trying to get his short hook around the side. Joyce’s right eye not looking great already, but that’ll happen when a 280 lb guy is landing 55 percent of his power shots. Another left got in there. Good body shot from Zhang, Joyce pecking and poking way up top. Joyce with a good little hook. The activity level from Joyce is helping him a lot now, still eating the odd shot, but not as many. Joyce’s best round so far, but Zhang backs him down with another left, and then another lands. The telling shots are still coming from Zhang right now. Zhang 10-9, 30-27.
Tyson landed in court again in 1998, this time as a plaintiff. On March 5, the boxer filed a $100 million lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New York against promoter Don King, accusing him of cheating him out of millions of dollars. He also filed a lawsuit against his former managers Rory Holloway and John Horne, claiming they had made King the boxer’s exclusive promoter without his knowledge. In 2004, King and Tyson settled out of court for $14 million, though Tyson used the award to pay off debt.
As a result, Tyson was disqualified from the fight, fined more than $3 million, and had his boxing license suspended (though it was reinstated a year later.) He later tried to explain why he’d bitten Holyfield, saying at a press conference:
Overall, Tyson’s decision to get a facial tattoo was a bold and provocative move that challenged cultural norms and expectations. While some people might have criticized or ridiculed Tyson for his choice, he remained steadfast in his conviction and used the tattoo as a way to express his personality and identity. Today, the tattoo remains one of the most iconic and recognizable features of Tyson’s image, cementing his status as a nonconformist and maverick figure in popular culture.
In the other clip, Tyson is hitting the mitts. He is seen throwing a three-punch combo which consists of a jab, cross, and a left hook. Despite the noise made by the collision between the gloves and the mitts, Tyson looks tired. In addition, the 57-year-old is hardly as fluid as he used to be. At this, the concern about Mike Tyson’s health against a young bull like Jake Paul remains.
Deontay Wilder, another former world heavyweight champion—whose career has been trending down recently—questioned whether enough people give a damn about Tyson potentially getting injured. He said that Tyson was «too old for this.»
Among the major talking point is the 30-year difference between Tyson and Paul, Moreover, one fan on social media remarked that the picture of Tyson used on the poster was in fact, taken 19 years ago in May 2005 and had been photoshopped.
They reunited in October of 2017 when Zhang switched back to George after a stint with trainer Diego Rosario. Their first fight together in July, Zhang’s first in 10 months, resulted in Zhang’s sixth straight first-round knockout win. That’s more an indication of the level of competition he’s been fighting, but Zhang had been near an opponent befitting his aspirations a few days prior when he posed for photos next to Joshua at a press conference for the DAZN streaming app.