Fresh concerns have been raised over the safety of Mike Tyson ahead of his boxing fight against Jake Paul on Friday.
On Friday night, all eyes will be on the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas as the former heavyweight champion Tyson takes on YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul in an event set to be streamed exclusively on Netflix.
The fight had been scheduled to take place on July 20 but was postponed after the 58-year-old boxing legend suffered a medical emergency, forcing him to stop training because of an ulcer flare up.
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In the build-up to the re-arranged fight this weekend, there have been several concerns over Tyson's health going into the event, and now fresh concerns have been raised as lawmakers could be forced to step in.
British heavyweight boxer Frazer Clarke, who has challenged for the British and Commonwealth titles, has argued that he believes that there will be serious legal consequences if Tyson is seriously hurt in the fight.
There is a 30 year age gap between Tyson and Paul, who wasn't even born when the boxing icon won his first world title, leading to Clarke's concern.
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Writing in his Metro column, Clarke asked: "Who is held responsible if something terrible happens?
"I don’t know how we have got to this stage where it has been sanctioned. If something did happen, I am sure to God that someone would be in trouble with the law.
"I think it would have to go down that avenue. If you have a 58-year-old man fighting a young man anywhere else in normal circumstances, I am telling you right now, someone is shutting the show down."
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But the massive age gap is of no concern to Tyson, who responded to critics of the fight in an interview with FOX.
The heavyweight icon said: “He’s supposed to be the young guy, I’m supposed to be the old man, he’s going to run all…night? I think he should try it. He’s a younger man, he should be able to handle punches from an old withering man like me. Listen, you can’t compare me with other people my age because other people my age haven’t been training as long, consistently as me.
“I’m just a different species of human being."
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Topics: Boxing, Mike Tyson, YouTube
Ben McCrum