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Jake Paul 'Didn't Feel' Mike Tyson Slap in Viral Weigh-In Video Before Boxing Fight

Paul KasabianFeatured Columnist IINovember 19, 2024

IRVING, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 14: Mike Tyson and Jake Paul faceoff during Weigh-In at the Toyota Music Factory in Irving, Texas on November 14, 2024 ahead of their match for heavyweight world titles of the Premiere Boxing Championship which will be on November 15 Friday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, United States. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Jake Paul said on the latest edition of the Impaulsive podcast that he didn't feel the infamous Mike Tyson slap during their weigh-ins at all.

The conversation with his older brother, WWE superstar Logan Paul, begins at the 13:39 mark.

Paul did admit that the slap bent his left earring at a 90-degree angle but added:

"I didn't feel it. I'm really not trying to be tough or something. I didn't feel it at all. I didn't even feel a single thing. Not even like, 'oh my God, that hurt.' Like, my skin, like the impact, it was all beard, so the skin didn't even hurt...didn't wobble, didn't have any stars, didn't feel it. Nothing."

Immediately after the slap during the weigh-ins, Paul said he didn't feel it. That likely tracks considering Paul didn't appear to wobble or have much adverse effect from it whatsoever.

Logan Paul called it the most "iconic thing" to come out of the fight, and that's very likely the case. It was an eyebrow-raising moment as the hype for the match between the social media star and the former undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion reached a fever pitch.

The match itself disappointed, with the 58-year-old Tyson unable to mount much offense after Round 1. Paul claimed after the fight that he "carried" Tyson to the final bell.

In the end, Paul won via unanimous decision, but the slap will remain one of the week's most memorable moments.