Exclusive | Jake Paul brings his quest for boxing validity to Mike Tyson fight

LAS COLINAS, Texas — Even Jake Paul knows he’s way ahead of where he should be in his boxing career. Paul (10-1, 7 KOs), who is set to fight Mike Tyson in an officially sanctioned heavyweight fight Friday night at AT&T Stadium, is already a main-event fighter, drawing immense audiences to see his boxing exploits  despite having just 11 professional fights.Much of that interest in his career stems from his following outside the ring – from YouTube, social media and the businesses he owns.

He’s already receiving paydays the vast majority of professional boxers could only dream of or which would take most of their careers working towards. But forget about his proven abilities as an influencer and a promoter to market himself.Inside the ring, how legitimate of a boxer is he? “You can call it a hybrid event, you can call it a newly created form, whatever you want to use for a term to establish that it’s not what I was experienced in,” iconic broadcaster Jim Lampley, who called boxing on HBO for 30 years, told The Post.

“There’s a definite gulf, there’s a divide between this and what I did.“I have been told that he’s athletic and has done a reasonable job of learning boxing in his adult years.That’s something that is not always easy to do, because many of the best competitors of the sport, like Tyson, began when they were 11 or 12 years old.”Paul, 27, has fought just three actual, professional boxers and owns a 2-1 record in those bouts – he beat Andre August and Ryan Bourland and lost to Tommy Fury.

The rest have come against fellow influencers, MMA fighters who took on boxing or professional athletes from other sports.Tyson has called Paul’s career “manufactured.” NordVPN is currently offering up to 72% off for Black Friday + 3 months extra!If you are outside of the U.S., or unable to watch the Jake Paul vs.

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