Dana White has had his worries over Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul squished after speaking with the former heavyweight champion's wife about Tyson's preparations."When the fight happens he'll be 58 years old, it will be a 31 age difference.
"I love Mike Tyson and I'm not a fan of anybody fighting at our age, but he's a grown man obviously and he's going to do what he's going to do," White said.He also explained a lot of his initial concerns had been calmed following a conversation with Tyson's wife where she revealed how seriously the 57-year-old is taking the challenge.
"At least I know, I talked to his wife a couple of days ago and he's taking it serious and he's training for it and you know, we'll see how it plays out," White explained.On the podcast, the UFC boss continued to heap praise on Tyson but admitted he found it slightly odd the former boxer would agree to the fight considering his other methods of making money.
"Tyson still has that aura that if he walked in a restaurant, you'd be like holy f*ck that's Mike Tyson." Tom Jenkins is a Social Editor and Journalist for SPORTBible. Specialises in Football and F1 but has experience covering a variety of sports such as MMA, Boxing and Cricket. Suffers weekly as an Evertonian.Dana White pays UFC fighter unique bonus after opponent fired for using illegal Mike Tyson move on debut
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