Mike Tyson says he loves Logan Paul but he’d have no problem beating him up in the squared circle.
Forbes recently spoke with Mike Tyson, who talked about heels in professional wrestling and the reactions they elicit. Tyson said heels are huge draws, noting how well he and Floyd Mayweather did in their respective careers.
“I’m in the wrestling Hall of Fame,” Tyson said. “I loved wrestling all my life, the Valiant Brothers, Bruno Sammartino, that’s just who I was: the arrogant talker and the bad guy who people booed. That’s when I realized you can’t remember the good guy without the bad guy. That’s what makes the good guy famous, is the bad guy. The good guy is nothing without the bad guy, the bad guy is the biggest draw. That’s why Floyd Mayweather and myself were the biggest draws because we were the bad guys.”
“Hate is really close to love,” Tyson added. “And just as much as you could love somebody, you could always have the opportunity to hate him. And just like you could hate somebody, he’ll always give you the opportunity to love him because of how he handles his adversity. When I see him looking good and doing well, I always stick up for him because when he makes all the money himself, I get the credit, too. Because without me he would have never had a platform. I don’t think he’s really that serious [about a boxing match], but I’m just happy he’s receiving the success that the has. For my ego, I feel I had so much to do with that.”
Mike Tyson also spoke about having a possible match with Logan Paul in WWE. Tyson lampooned his own skills in the ring but said it’s something he’d still be open to.
“Have you ever seen me wrestle before?” joked Tyson. “I would do it! I would kick his [expletive] ass, yes I would do it. Even though I love him though (laughs),” said Tyson.
“This is what I found out about WrestleMania: Everybody says ‘that’s fake, that’s fake. But the check is real,” Tyson added. “Deep down inside—don’t let [WWE] know—I would do this for free.”
