Mike Tyson is getting ready to fight Jake Paul Nov. 15 and many believe it could be one of the biggest grossing fights ever but first Paul has to take care of business Saturday night against Mike Perry in Tampa. Paul is well aware of that and so is Tyson.
“He (Tyson) was concerned with me taking this fight, he’s like what is Jake thinking,” Paul said about Tyson. “This guy Mike Perry is a killer, so he has some concerns. But Mike, my message to you is, I’m gonna put this guy (Perry) to sleep. This is a Mike appetizer and you’re next.”
Saturday night’s DAZN Pay-Per-View fight card “Fear No Man” main event has Paul (9-1) taking on Perry (0-1), who was a UFC welterweight turned bare-knuckle boxer. It’s scheduled for eight rounds.
Perry thinks Paul is still inexperienced when it comes to pro boxing and he’s going to exploit Paul’s so-called green tendencies. Paul makes no bones about it. He says he will hurt Perry, who he sparred with a while ago before this fight was ever signed.
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“Jake Joseph Paul will knock out and embarrass Mike Perry in less than two rounds, July 20th this Saturday,” Paul said on DAZN while in front of an audience after watching his workout at Armature Works in Tampa.
Paul is so confident that he predicts he will knock out Perry in less than two rounds and feels strongly that he will be a boxing cruiserweight champion in two years.
Perry feels like he’s in his prime right now, whereas Paul’s other former MMA fighters, Tyron Woodley and Anderson Silva, were way beyond their best years.
It’s a full fight card, with 35-year-old Amanda Serrano, who has 46 wins and 2 losses with 30 knockouts, taking on Tampa’s Stevie Morgan.
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