Jake Paul opens up on taking drug before Mike | Boxing News

Jake Paul has revealed how he first envisioned preventing Mike Tyson whereas below the affect of a hallucinogenic drug on a non secular journey.

The YouTuber will take on boxing icon Tyson of their rescheduled struggle at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on November 15.

He is dealing with former heavyweight champion Tyson, who’s 31 years his senior, in a conflict that has been celebrated and criticised in equal measure attributable to their large age distinction. It was initially slated to happen in July before it was delayed by 4 months on medical grounds.

It would be the largest struggle of Paul’s profession as he carries a 10-1 report into the bout. The 27-year-old’s solely earlier defeat got here in opposition to Tommy Fury in 2023 after shedding by technical resolution.

In the build-up to the highly-anticipated struggle between the pair, Paul was interviewed as half of the mini docu-series ‘Countdown: Paul vs Tyson’ produced by Netflix, who’re broadcasting the competition.

And the Cleveland native reached out to ‘Iron Mike’ the day after he participated in a Ayahuasca ceremony in Costa Rica in 2022, which he claims impressed him to problem the American fighter.

“About two and a half years ago now, I went to Costa Rica for my first Ayahuasca ceremony. I wanted to uncover things about myself,” Paul stated.

“One of the craziest things was the vision I had of me and Mike Tyson fighting each other. It was as if it had already happened or something. It could have been in the future, as though it was going to happen, but that was the feeling and the vision I got from Ayahuasca.

“It confirmed me the tens of millions of children watching the struggle via their TVs and units. It confirmed the butterfly impact of what that created for the game of boxing.

“So, the next day I got in contact with Mike and he was like ‘yeah Jake, I love this idea, this is awesome man, this sounds great, we need to make this happen’.

“That’s the ability of opening your self to the vitality of the universe but in addition appearing on these issues once they come to the sunshine.”

Health considerations have been raised about Tyson, who hasn’t fought professionally in practically twenty years. His most up-to-date struggle got here back in December 2020 when he fought Roy Jones Jr to a attract an exhibition bout.

His showdown with Paul was initially postponed attributable to an ulcer flare-up that interrupted Tyson’s coaching. But the veteran seems to be in higher form now after posting videos of himself practising punches in opposition to the bag.

His conflict with Paul might be an formally sanctioned skilled struggle, with the Texas Athletic Commission scheduling an eight-round fixture. Each spherical will final two minutes and knockouts might be allowed.