{"id":2212132,"date":"2024-04-03T11:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T15:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-tyson-explains-he-is-facing-his-fear-in-fight-with-jake-paul\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T11:29:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T15:29:31","slug":"mike-tyson-explains-he-is-facing-his-fear-in-fight-with-jake-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-tyson-explains-he-is-facing-his-fear-in-fight-with-jake-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson confronts his fear by taking on Jake Paul in a fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmike-tyson-explains-he-is-facing-his-fear-in-fight-with-jake-paul%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2212132&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Mike Tyson confessed his \u2063fear about fighting \u200dJake Paul on July 20, his first bout since\u200b the draw with Roy Jones Jr. in November 2020.\u2062 Tyson, 57, shared that confronting \u2062fears drives him to achieve, stating,\u200c \u201cAnything I\u2019m afraid of,\u2063 I confront it, and that\u2019s my personality.\u201d He emphasized feeling less nervous as the fight nears, becoming invincible in\u2062 reality. Mike Tyson, 57, \u2063openly admitted his apprehension\u200b about facing Jake Paul in his upcoming fight on July 20, marking his return to the ring since the draw against Roy Jones Jr. in November 2020. Tyson revealed that his approach to fear is to confront it, leading him to feel \u2063increasingly confident as \u2062the fight approaches, ultimately feeling invincible in reality.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Iconic heavyweight champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-tyson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Tyson<\/a> admitted on Tuesday that he is somewhat afraid of his fight with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/boxing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>boxer<\/a> Jake Paul, which is scheduled for July 20.<\/p>\n<p>The match will be his first since November 2020, when Tyson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/boxing\/2020\/11\/29\/mike-tyson-roy-jones-legends-only-league-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>fought Roy Jones Jr.<\/a>, which ended in a draw after eight rounds. Tyson, 57, explained he has a \u201cweird\u201d personality, in which whatever he is afraid to do, he seeks to accomplish, hence the fight with Paul. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was afraid for the Roy fight, I was scared of fighting, I was a hundred pounds overweight, I was however old, 54, 53, and I said, \u2018Let\u2019s do it,&#8217;\u201d Tyson said on Fox News\u2019s <em>Hannity<\/em>. \u201cAnything I\u2019m afraid of, I confront it, and that\u2019s my personality. Like right now, I\u2019m scared to death, but as the fight gets closer, the less nervous I become because it\u2019s reality, and in reality, I\u2019m invincible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tyson reflected on this feeling he had felt throughout his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>career<\/a>, arguing that adversity and nervousness had driven him to success. He added that these types of feelings are needed for him to fight, as without them, he would not go into the fighting ring.<\/p>\n<p>Paul, 27, made a name for himself in the 2010s for his content creation on video platforms Vine and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/youtube\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>YouTube<\/a> and started boxing in 2018. Since then, he has won <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazn.com\/en-US\/news\/boxing\/where-is-jake-paul-ranked-by-the-wbc\/zcanqozxbebk12nvqvqtjvgpm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>nine out of 10 matches<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/jake-paul-mike-tyson-boxing-match-att-stadium\/14500052\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tyson<\/a> noting that Paul has \u201cgrown significantly as a boxer over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/boxing\/2024\/03\/31\/6609c29e22601dc74d8b457d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jones gave his take on the matchup<\/a>, warning that Paul would need to avoid getting hit \u201csquare on the chin\u201d by Tyson. Jones also predicted that Paul could stand a chance against Tyson should he \u201cstay away\u201d from the heavyweight champion for the first four or five rounds but said that doing so would require \u201ca lot of maneuvering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2907773\/jake-paul-set-to-fight-mike-tyson-at-att-stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Netflix will livestream the boxing event<\/a> on July 20, with the fight taking place at AT&#038;T Stadium in Arlington, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Texas<\/a>. It will mark the streaming platform\u2019s first major live boxing event.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary heavyweight champ Mike Tyson revealed his apprehension about his upcoming bout with boxer Jake Paul on July 20. This fight marks Tyson&#8217;s return to the ring since his draw against Roy Jones Jr. in November 2020. Despite his fears, the 57-year-old is determined to face this new challenge head-on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2212133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24054539921455-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2212132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24054539921455-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2212132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2212132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2212132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2212133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2212132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2212132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2212132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}