BELLEW THE BELT
Tony Bellew controversially claims Jake Paul broke major rule vs Mike Tyson that made a ‘huge difference’
Bellew shared his harsh verdict on Paul and the fight
TONY BELLEW has claimed Jake Paul broke a rule during his win over Mike Tyson.
The 58-year-old boxing legend was beaten by the influencer-turned-boxer on points.
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Tyson started on the front foot but fell away due to tiredness after just two rounds.
Yet it took former boxer Bellew just seconds to spot a possible issue with Paul's gloves.
Before the highly-anticipated fight, it was agreed that 14oz gloves would be worn rather than 10oz ones usually worn in professional bouts.
The bigger gloves naturally slow punches down and lessen the impact of their blows, making a knockout more difficult.
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But Bellew claimed Paul did not stick to the regulations, tweeting: "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."
Despite Bellew's opinion, there is no suggestion that Paul was in fact using banned gloves.
The 27-year-old wore his veteran opponent out quickly but did not go for a knockout blow.
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Paul said: "I wanted to give the fans a show, but I didn't want to hurt someone that didn't need to be hurt."
But due to the stand-off approach, fans slammed the contest as the "worst fight ever".
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And Bellew also took aim, saying: ";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! This is just sad."
But he did also praise him, saying: "I don’t like this stupid idiot kid but I will say this... he stopped beating on Mike there and showed him some respect and dignity by letting him survive.
"He didn’t go for the KO there, he stepped off him and let him be."
Bellew caused controversy at the pre-fight press conference by gatecrashing the event with an old man and using him to mock Paul's opponent selection.
The move was part of a Paddy Power publicity stunt.
But the Liverpudlian was unhappy at how he was removed by security, saying: "You don't know who I am. Don't put your hands on me."
Paul vs Tyson shocking punch stats
THE punch stats from Mike Tyson's defeat to Jake Paul made for "sad" reading.
Veteran Iron Mike, 58, started strongly enough in his Netflix boxing fight with the former YouTuber.
But he simply ran out of gas within the first few minutes of the eight-round contest.
In the 16 minutes of action, the former undisputed heavyweight world champion landed just 18 punches - averaging just 2.25 successful hits per round.
In total, he only attempted 97, meaning he made contact with just 18 per cent.
By comparison, Paul, 27, threw a whopping 278 punches - nearly 200 more than his ageing opponent - but still only landed 78 for a success rate of 28 per cent despite his opponent barely moving.
His most explosive round came in the third when the victorious Problem Child attempted 44 punches and connected with 16 of them.
However, a woeful fifth round saw just four punches landed between the pair as the quality failed to live up to the hype and Paul refused to go for the knockout.
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