From bizarre monkey crawling to a slap in the face and a mother’s promise of revenge killing, the Mike Tyson Vs Jake Paul boxing match received tremendous media attention.
Michael Gerard Tyson, a former professional boxer born on June 30, 1966, is widely recognized as one of the best heavyweight fighters in history.
Nicknamed Iron Mike and Kid Dynamite, Tyson was the first heavyweight boxer to hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles concurrently.
On the contrary, Jake Joseph Paul, born on January 17, 1997, is an American professional boxer, YouTuber, and actor.
Paul began his career through Vine in 2013 and launched his YouTube channel in May 2014. His professional boxing debut was against AnEsonGib in January 2020.
The Heated Altercation Between The Two Fighters, Heightened Paul’s Mother, Pam’s Motherly Instinct!
Tensions between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul rose at the ceremonial weigh-in at the Toyota Music Factory in Irving, Texas, on November 14.
The video of both fighters approaching the stage and Tyson slapping Paul’s face circulated like wildfire.
Following the altercation, a swarm of security personnel quickly intervened to separate the two boxers, escorting Tyson.
The unexpected slap from Tyson shocked everyone. However, Paul appeared unfazed and instead blew kisses at the veteran.
Moreover, in the moment after the slap, Paul said:
“I didn’t even feel it. He’s angry. He’s an angry little elf. Mike Tyson, I thought that was a cute slap.”
Nonetheless, Paul’s mother, Pam Stepnick, comforted her son after the heated dispute, giving him a comforting hug. Pam threatened to kill Tyson for her son, Jake Paul.
“I’m going to kill Mike Tyson for you, “f***ing little b****.”
In response, the influencer-turned-fighter jokingly said to his mother:
“You slap harder than him.”
Paul’s lighthearted reaction lightened the mood and made everyone, even his mother laugh.
Jake Paul’s mom said she’s gonna kill “f*cking little bitch” Mike Tyson for slapping him 😭 pic.twitter.com/Ts1Sr0vMm9
— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) November 15, 2024
Fans began to investigate the details of the incident, wondering what could have prompted Tyson to become so harsh.
In a video released on social media, he approached Tyson while crawling like a Gorilla and stepped on his foot.
Jake Paul was crawling like a monkey and then stepped on Mike Tyson’s foot…pic.twitter.com/f5504izsbx
— 4KT WHO YOU HATE (@royal_bobby24) November 15, 2024
After discovering the reason, fans took Tyson’s side and validated his aggressive response.
Some of the fan responses are as follows:
“Yes I’ve peeped the same thing, racism seems to play a part in this. Why crawling like a monkey towards him in the first place?”
@muhima_shema
“It’s both the toe stepping and then the gorilla walk… Mike ain’t playing with this boy”
@just_Jtv
Man wanted the tyson experience, got it and his poor momma couldnt handle it. The Disrespect towards Tyson is unreal
@MozzyMiser
While many fans applauded Tyson’s action, the other half felt the incident was scripted to build anticipation.
On November 15, Netflix globally streamed the highly-anticipated match between the two fighters.
With scores of 80-72, 79-73, and 79-73, all three judges decided in favour of Paul, who won the fight by unanimous voting in front of 72,300 spectators at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys.
Who Is Jake Paul’s Mother?
Pamela Ann Stepnick was born on the 27th of July 1963. Hailing from Lakewood, Ohio, Pamela worked as a nurse at UHHS Westlake Surgery Center and many other medical centers.
She eventually married Greg Paul, with whom she had two sons, Logan and Jake Paul. Greg Paul, the father, owned a modest business in Cleveland, Ohio.
In 2017, following her sons’ success on YouTube, Pamela also dabbled into the world of YouTube.
Stepnick started her own YouTube channel, named Vlogmom. Currently, the channel has over 695K followers.
Her dancing lesson video with renowned dancer Tessa, where she learned some dance moves, became the most popular video on her channel.
The video has garnered over 3M views on YouTube. Moreover, her video titled I Took Logan to the Doctor has received over 2M views.
She is an excellent vlogger who understands how to keep viewers engaged and avoid monotony. Furthermore, she has appeared in the television series The Mind of Jake Paul.
However, her channel is no longer active since the last video Stepnick posted was in 2019.
According to the British news outlet Daily Star, her estimated net worth is $1.5 million. Additionally, Stepnick has over 434k followers on Instagram, where she regularly posts pictures of her two sons.
Stepnick lives a suburban mom life and is proud of her two sons, Logan and Jake.
Pam divorced Greg Paul for reasons unknown. However, she remarried in 2002 and now lives with her new family.
Pam recently made headlines for threatening to murder Mike Tyson following a heated altercation that ended with Tyson slapping Jake in the face.
While many fans criticized Jake and Pam for not respecting the veteran, his unanimous victory against Tyson surprised everyone.
In Case You Didn’t Know
- Mike Tyson has been married three times and has seven children with three women.
- Tyson was taken into custody on accusations of DUI and felony narcotics possession in Scottsdale, Arizona, on December 29, 2006.
- As an actor, Jake Paul played Dirk Mann on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark (2016–2018).
- Paul’s father, Greg Paul, is also a YouTuber with a YouTube channel named Greg Paul Outdoors.
