Douglas went into the bout as a 40/1 outsider, but controlled most of the action against ‘Iron Mike’ before finding himself down on the canvas from a trademark Tyson uppercut in the eighth. He managed to get to his feet just before the referee’s ten count and was saved by the bell at the end of the round. In the tenth, Douglas landed several heavy shots that knocked Tyson down and the rest is history.
Speaking to Gambling Zone about the contest, Douglas is predicting his old-foe will overwhelm the man over thirty years his junior.
“I don’t think Mike fighting is risky because he’s not fighting a legitimate 26-year-old contender.
Mike is going to be f******g relentless. The clips I saw of him before, he’s looking pretty good. Better than most of the heavyweights out there today. He has no reason to hesitate. Jake needs to go out immediately – and bang – let him know there’s something to look out for.
Otherwise it’s going to be open target season, and Mike’s going to be throwing shots with no worry about what’s coming back. Mike has never been worried about what’s coming back at him, why the f*** would he be worried about Jake Paul. And I can see Mike going after Paul’s body, can he withstand a real body attack? I’m visualising that once Mike gets going, he’s going to overwhelm Paul.”
Douglas is backing Tyson to get the stoppage and believes that the ‘best scenario’ for Paul will be to hear the final bell.
“The two-minute rounds will be to Mike’s advantage for sure, those two minutes will pass quickly. You can get your shots off and then recover, it’s not going to be good for Jake. I don’t think there will be much of a boxing career left for Paul afterwards. I think once Mike gets rid of him, that’s it for his boxing career.
The best scenario for Paul is to just last the entire fight, say he went the distance with Mike Tyson. Keep his hands up and duck those haymakers because they’re going to be coming. Paul will be intimidated by those haymakers, they’re like rockets. Keep moving Paul, don’t stand in front of him, don’t stand on the train tracks. I look at it like an easy win. It will be the easiest win of his career. At 65 years old it may be tough, but at 58 it will be a piece of cake.”
Paul vs Tyson takes place on November 15 at the AT&T arena in Texas and will be broadcast live on Netflix.
