Jake Paul has been accused of breaking a rule that would have changed the outcome of the fight.
Paul took on legend of the sport, Mike Tyson over the weekend and won. However, some critics are saying that the YouTuber broke a rule that if he hadn’t done, would have changed everything.
Former pro boxer Tony Bellew has accused the 27-year-old of wearing “full on punchers gloves” during the fight.
The fight ended up being very one sided in Paul’s favor with Mike landing 18 punches compared to his 78.
However, Bellew believes that it wasn’t a fair fight against the 58-year-old.
Taking to X, he wrote: “The gloves Mike has on are looking heavily padded while Jake has on grants which are full on punchers gloves. There is a huge difference in the gloves and I’m only watching from a bed.”
The gloves Mike has on are looking heavily padded while Jake has on Grants which are full on punchers gloves! There is a huge difference in them gloves and I’m only watching from a bed!
— Tony Bellew (@TonyBellew) November 16, 2024
Punchers gloves have a softer leather and are made with less padding around the boxers knuckles – so you can feel the fighters knuckles coming through.
Bellew also wrote on X: ‘WE are all to blame for this man!! We are all talking and watching! We have to stop this fool! Don’t tune into him until he fights someone who is fit healthy and not a grandfather! Any proper boxing people helping Paul need to look at themselves ffs!! This is just sad’.
Both fighters were temporarily suspended from the sport -due to the match being sanctioned as a professional event, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation demanded that both athletes have a period of rest.
