Mike Tyson believes being called out by Jake Paul to be 'AWESOME' because the boxing icon said 'you can’t take yourself too seriously'

MIKE TYSON insists it is cool that he was called out by Jake and Logan Paul for a boxing match.

Iron Mike was back in the ring in 2020 to fight Roy Jones Jr. for an exhibition bout that lasted eight rounds.


Mike Tyson believes being called out by Jake Paul to be 'AWESOME' because the boxing icon said 'you can’t take yourself too seriously'
Mike Tyson believes it's cool to be called out by the Paul Brothers

Mike Tyson believes being called out by Jake Paul to be 'AWESOME' because the boxing icon said 'you can’t take yourself too seriously'
Jake Paul expressed his desire to face Iron Mike at the ring

Jake Paul defeated Nate Robinson, ex-NBA player, on the undercard to his first bout in 15 years. This made him 2-0.

After beating Ben Askren twice and Tyron Woodley once, he is now on 5-0. His elder sibling, Floyd Mayweather, was impressively able to go the distance last year.

They both seem eager to fight Tyson, the former heavyweight world champion and have publicly criticized him.

The Baddest Man on the Planet gave an unexpected answer when Joe Rogan asked him if it bothered him.

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Mike Tyson believes being called out by Jake Paul to be 'AWESOME' because the boxing icon said 'you can’t take yourself too seriously'

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Mike Tyson believes being called out by Jake Paul to be 'AWESOME' because the boxing icon said 'you can’t take yourself too seriously'

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The 55-year old said, "No, it doesn’t, I don’t think. It's awesome. I think it's great.

"You shouldn't take yourself too seriously. You will be taken out of your depth if you take yourself too seriously.

"Who am I to take myself too seriously? All this money, all that reputation... and now I'm looking at people who are screwing with me... I have a great lifestyle... how can you be mad at someone?

"Think about it?" If my ego doesn't get involved, how can I be at someone when it isn't?

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Tyson answered questions about Jake's possible appearance and rumours that a deal had been reached previously. He said, "Hey, f ****** I ain’t got no money. Where's the f ****** contract then?

"I don't know anything about it. He's been my friend for years, and I used to smoke with him. This is the first time I have heard it. He never said this to me when I was in St Barts a while back.

"I have never heard this from anyone, but I just heard it from you guys. We need more man s ***, blonde-eyed man hair. That s*** is very costly, so we need more money.