Jake Paul claimed he was taking it easy on Mike Tyson, saying that he didn't want to seriously hurt him in the ring.
During the post-fight conference, Paul reflected on the highly anticipated bout and was asked if he took his foot off the gas after seeing Iron Mike was getting tired. Paul now has a record of 11-1 after the judges gave him better scores than Tyson (80-72, 79-73, and 79-73). According to the 27-year-old, he "definitely" pulled back some as he saw Tyson was "hurt" and didn't want to do any more damage.
"I wanted to give the fans a show, but I didn't want hurt someone who didn't need to be hurt," said Paul before adding he didn't feel Tyson's power and claimed the time he stuck his tongue out at one point was a result of the crowd amplifying the whole fight.
Tyson had a strong showing in the first round, but Paul caught him with a left hook to the temple in the third, which caused him to stumble and never recover for the rest of the fight. According to the scorecard, Tyson landed 18 punches out of 97 and Paul had 78 out of 278, a completely lopsided affair.
Paul also said he was "super down" to fight Gervonta Davis and trolled him by asking if there was a "height limit" in boxing after the latter called him out on social media following the bout with Tyson. Nakisa Bidarian, Paul's manager, also got some words in about Davis, saying, "Gervonta needs Jake Paul; let's be clear."
In his initial comments, Davis and wrote, "To the bozo that shared the ring with Mike, you a whole bozo for this and you didn't get the job done [expletive]," Davis said on his Instagram story. "One more thing. I'm going to beat the brakes off Jake when I catch them. Uppercut, jab, jab, left hook, uppercut, hook. Watch."