Jake Paul accused of 'attacking granddads' as Tony Bellew rages over Mike Tyson fight
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Tony Bellew has vented his fury over Jake Paul's upcoming fight with Mike Tyson, with the former boxing star saying the 27-year-old is 'attacking granddads'.
There has been plenty said and written about the huge age gap between the two men, with many figures in agreement that the bout shouldn't be going ahead.
Bellew has been critical of the fight ever since day one, with the Briton blasting Paul's decision to face a man 31 years his senior.
Now, he's accused Paul of 'attacking granddads' and joked that they may as well to go a 'retirement home' and get a few pensioners together for a scrap.
Jake Paul has been accused of 'attacking granddads' by Tony Bellew as the 27-year-old prepares for his boxing match with Mike Tyson
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“Mike Tyson's a granddad. He's 58 years old. He's closing in on 60 and he's fighting a man who isn’t even half his age," he told Bestoffshoresportsbooks.
"The Disney Boy is just attacking granddads now. It's truly frightening.
"I mean, we might as well go to the retirement home and start getting out a few of them.
"If Mike turns up and lands a right hand on him, he's going to sleep. So who should he come back against? A 70 year old?
"If he wins, is he going to keep going like that with the age?
"Is he going to come down? Is he going to face a real boxer?”
Tyson retired from professional boxing in 2005 on the back of two defeats to Kevin McBride and Danny Williams.
Yet he's been enticed to come out of retirement, with the veteran eager to show the world he's still got the magic of old.
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While Bellew is critical of the fight between Tyson and Paul, he does think the undercard is worth tuning in for.
Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano will engage in a rematch,two years after the former won in controversial circumstances.
Bellew added: “At £4.99 you can’t go wrong, you're going to be entertained.
"For a fiver, you're getting to see probably the greatest rematch female boxing has ever seen in Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano. Don’t sleep on that.
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"I was there at Madison Square Garden for the first fight and it was one of the best I’ve ever seen.
"Katie Taylor is an unbelievable fighter. She’s righted the wrongs that she's had in her career and now she's back to face Serrano once again.
"It's a toss up between Katie Taylor and Claressa Shields as the greatest female fighters of all time.”
The action will take place at a sold out AT&T Stadium in Texas on Friday night.
Jake Paul and Mike Tyson will fight at the AT&T Stadium on Friday night
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Tyson has won 50 pro fights over the course of his career, with a staggering 44 of those victories secured via knockout.
As for Paul, the former YouTube and Disney star has won 10 of his 11 bouts - with a defeat to Tommy Fury last year the only blemish on his record.
How the action plays out remains to be seen.
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