Jake Paul is once again in the cycle of gaining and cutting weight, as he prepares for his fight against Mike Tyson. The American fighter was still trying to find his A-game the first time around before the fight with ‘Iron Mike’ had to be pushed back. In between, it seems he has found where he needs to improve and what he needs to take down the former heavyweight champion at his own weight. How is he planning to do it?
While Tyson, 58, suffered from a stomach ulcer and took a break, Paul, 27, went and racked up a win against Mike Perry. Interestingly, the fight happened at a cruiserweight of 200 pounds, as the former UFC star had mostly fought at 170 pounds throughout his career and Paul, at 10-1, was walking around 230 lbs. Paul had to make two attempts and resort to using a towel before he could make the weight for the fight against ‘Platinum Perry’. And now he is back to gaining weight.
So, when asked about his game plan for gaining weight against Tyson, who weighed 220 pounds in his last fight against Roy Jones Jr., he had a simple answer. The YouTuber-turned-Prizefighter declared, “I think I’m gonna just gonna keep on eating like I am and just trying to put on as much weight as possible.”
Paul also disclosed that he had found his perfect weight where he didn’t have to compromise speed for power. He continued, “But while maintaining my speed. I think I might have been a little bit fat before, like too heavy. But I think I learned from that. And I think my sweet spot is probably gonna be more like 220, 225.”
If the Cleveland native comes in at 230 pounds, it will ensure he can unload heavy punches and stay quick on his feet to avoid getting caught by Tyson. However, if Jones Jr. is to be believed, it will only make the fight “interesting.”
A word of caution was issued for Jake Paul
When Jones Jr., at 66-10, fought Tyson, at 50-6, he faced the brunt of the latter’s powerful punches. He thought he could avoid him by staying quick on his feet, but he couldn’t. ‘Superman’ predicts a similar fate for Paul. He declared, “If he’s [Jake Paul] at 230, that can make it very interesting. Jake’s not going to fight close, and he can’t stay away from him. Because Mike will close the gap too quick.”
“I thought I could stay away from him. I couldn’t. And I know I’m better at staying away from people than Jake is,” he added. So, Paul will find himself in a tight spot, and fans will soon find out whether extra weight will be a liability for him or not.
