A former UFC fighter has revealed that he had a fight offered to him for the undercard of the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson clash, but it’s since been scrapped.
Back in March, Jake Paul shocked the internet whenhe revealed that he’d be fighting ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson in July.The ‘Problem Child’ has previously teased a clash with the Heavyweight legend as Tyson spoke glowingly about his foray into boxing, and it has now been made a reality.
As for other fights on the card, no other clashes have been announced just yet. However, former UFC fight ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry has revealed that he could have been on it against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
“There were some things on the table with that, and the pay wasn’t incredible, especially considering the opponent,” Perry said on the May 8 edition ofThe MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani.
“I was like oh, I’m interested in being on the Mike Tyson Netflix card to get that exposure against this, certified, professional boxer. But the money, and there was another option that would be and I could only choose one of them. It was like, there was another option to have more money, and possibly opens more doors, and there’s some incentives involved that I was like, this would be more interesting.
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“That [fight with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.] would’ve been cool, but [it’s not happening].”
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Perry has plenty of links with the Paul camp seeing ashe was previously drafted in as an alternative opponent for Logan Paulif Dillon Danis didn’t turn up for their fight back in November.
As noted, the undercard is likely to take further shape in the coming weeks as the fight gets closer, but the ex-UFC fighter won’t be on it. That’s for sure.
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