Jake Paul blocked out the noise surrounding his upcoming bout with Mike Tyson as he attended a Miami Heat game alongside his girlfriend Jutta Leerdam. It appeared that the YouTuber-turned-fighter was having to fill his partner in on some of the basics as she accompanied him to watch her first ever NBA game.
His announcement that he will face the legendary former world heavyweight champion boxer in July shook the world of boxing as they prepare for a glamor exhibition contest in Texas. The fight has proven divisive among purists, given three-decade age gap between the adversaries and the fact that “Iron Mike” has not fought professionally since 2005.
However, that has not deterred lucrative backers such as Netflix from broadcasting the clash at AT&T Stadium in July. In between preparing for arguably the biggest fight of his career, the 26-year-old looked relaxed as he took his seat along with his love Jutta at Florida’s Kaseya Center to see the Heat fall to defeat against the Denver Nuggets.
In an Instagram Live post captioned: “Took my European girlfriend to her first game”, the pair are pictured courtside as they spoke to directly to the camera. She asked: “Which team is the Miami Heat?”, to which Paul laughed before he replied: “The team in the black jerseys.”
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This was a second recent appearance at an NBA game for Paul, with the internet sensation having also been in attendance to see the Los Angeles Lakers face the Milwaukee Bucks on March 8. Descending on California’s Crypto.Com Arena for the spectacle, he also picked up a jersey from D’Angelo Russell as a gift during a night to remember.
This made for a change for the YouTube superstar, who previously had trouble at a Miami Heat game on March 9 of last year amid a confrontation with Floyd Mayweather and his entourage. Discussing his version on events, he previously detailed on Instagram: “I’m leaving the Miami Heat game, and Floyd Mayweather and 50 dudes pull up out of nowhere.
“Out of like some side alley, waiting for me outside of the stadium, he claimed as he recalled his frightening tale. “They’re like, ‘So, what’s up? Where’s all that talk now?’ I’m like, ‘First of all, what did I say to you, Floyd? I just took your hat and you’re still mad about it. Come on, bro.’
“Then 50 dudes literally start surrounding me to try and jump me. I’m out that b***h! Floyd, you wanna run it one on one, no problem, but I’m not dumb. I’m tough, I don’t need to prove my toughness, but I’m not f***ing dumb. I’m not gonna sit there and try to fight 50 dudes.”
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As for the clash with Tyson in the summer, Paul could not resist giving some more details on the fight as he defended his decision to fight the long-retired legend. He said: “Oh you’re mad at me for fighting Mike Tyson? Imagine this.
“‘Jake, we got the biggest deal ever you versus Mike Tyson live on Netflix, you’re going to entertain millions of people and make an unbelievable amount of money, what do you think? ‘Nah’,” he sarcastically asserted. “Exactly, That’s what I thought. July 20, be there.”
