Asked about the friendship earlier in the week, Tyson said, “There’s no feeling attached.” He proved it by slapping Paul as they faced off following the weigh-in Thursday night, Nov. 14.
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“I think they’re beloved fans of Mike Tyson,” Paul said, trying to explain the boisterous boos that have greeted him when the two have appeared together in recent months to hype the event. Tyson appeared to take offense to the way Paul approached him for the faceoff, but didn’t bother explaining. “The talk is over,” Tyson, who checked in at 228 pounds, said when one of the hosts tried to ask a question.
Tyson said in a documentary chronicling the preparations for the fight that he lost 26 pounds in the process of recovering. Tyson appeared agitated at both hype events with fans in the Dallas area, first in the weeks before the originally scheduled fight and again at a news conference two nights before the bout.
Tyson, who had two stints in prison over convictions in the 1990s for rape and assault and declared bankruptcy 21 years ago, will get $20 million. Tyson has said he isn’t doing the fight for money.
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