01x02 - Sweating the Technique

[bunniefuu]

- [ambulance siren wailing]
- [dramatic music playing]

[reporter 1] Former heavyweight
boxing champion Mike Tyson

had a brief medical scare earlier today
during a cross-country flight

from Miami to Los Angeles.

[reporter 2]
The 57-year-old boxer experienced

an ulcer flare-up


that made him nauseated and dizzy.

Paramedics had to tend to Tyson
while he was onboard the plane.

[reporter 3] Mike Tyson's return
to the ring will have to wait.

Organizers announced his match
against YouTuber Jake Paul

has been postponed due to medical issues.

[Mike] A week and a half ago,
I was training, and I was doing great.

And then all of a sudden,
I started feeling tired.

And I was explaining to my trainer,
I don't know what's wrong with me.

Coming here from Miami on the plane,

I went to the bathroom,
and I threw up blood.

The next thing I know, I'm on the floor.
I was defecating tar.

Thank you.

[doctor 1] Not feeling
any tenderness there?

- No way.
- [doctor 1] Wonderful.

[Mike] So, I came here,
they found out I had a big ulcer,

two-and-a-half inches, it was bleeding.

All my friends are calling me
like I'm dying.

[doctor 2]
Thanks for being patient with us.

I know it's frustrating
being in the hospital.

[Mike] I asked the doctor,
"Am I gonna die?"

And she didn't say no.
She said we have options, though.

That's when I got nervous.

[doctor 1] Exercise-wise,
I would take it slow at the beginning.

[Mike] I can't wait to get out
of this m*therf*cker, man.

God, I want to fight and start training.

I don't wanna die in a hospital bedroom.
I wanna die in the ring.

[Jake] I'm the type of person
that likes a schedule

and likes to know what I'm doing,

and this just, like,
threw a wrench in all that.

There's nothing I can do.
It's out of my control.

You know, no one tells
Mike Tyson what to do.

And if he wants to fight me,
of course I'm gonna say yes.

This is the opportunity of a lifetime

to fight one of the two most famous boxers
to ever live.

Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson.

I look at Mike Tyson as a k*ller,

so I never really expected
something like this.

[music concludes]

[car engine rumbling]

[car door closing]

[reporter] The highly anticipated fight

between Jake Paul
and Mike Tyson has a new date.

They'll face off in AT&T Stadium
on November 15th.

That fight was originally scheduled
for July,

but Tyson recently suffered
a flare-up of an ulcer

- that impacted his training schedule.
- [buzzer beeping]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Jake] I have to stay locked in,
and that's why we're here today.

Jab, jab. One, two.

[Jake] Didn't take any days off,
didn't miss any practices.

I've only been doing this for four years.
I'm playing catch-up

to these boxers who have been doing it
their whole entire lives.

[trainers] Whoo!

[Jake] Any local retirement homes
anyone know about?

[chuckles] Anyone in there want to fight?

[Ice T] The fight was six weeks out

from its original date
when it was postponed.

For any pro fighter, every day
of training camp is carefully planned.

Ultimately,
it all led to a decision pretty quickly,

to still fight on July 20th,

but against bare-knuckle MMA champion
Mike Perry.

[huffs]

At the end of the day,
the Mike Tyson fight's great,

but I have the goal
to become world champion,

and I'm not slowing
that down for anyone.

[music concludes]

I'm kind of glad it's rescheduled
because I don't want any excuses.

I want both men at 100%.

And I got a feeling this is going to be
the fight of the century, brothers.

This is gonna be a good one.

[Carl] Mike Tyson's health,
that would be the biggest issue for me.

The main problem I've got is
if Mike Tyson gets injured.

I'm going to pray for Mike Tyson
because I love Mike Tyson.

It's a dangerous fight.
Mike Tyson, be careful, please.

[tense music playing]

[Ice T] The doctor ordered him
to take it easy.

So, for a few weeks after his ulcer scare,
Mike Tyson did cut back on his training.

But hearing Jake
was still going full throttle

to prep for his summertime fight
stoked his competitiveness,

and Mike got back to work.

Four, five, six, seven,
eight, nine, 100. Good work.

[Mike] You wouldn't believe
what I endured from my ulcer.

I lost 26 pounds. Can you imagine that?

It look faster today than yesterday?

- [Billy] Very fast. A lot faster.
- [exclaims]

[Mike] I was so pissed off
because I peaked.

I was good, talking sh*t, ready.

You know, eventually I got to start
chasing you around the ring.

- [Rafael] That's it.
- I think I'll be running and sh*t.

[Rafael] Every day we add something more.
Every day.

[Mike] We're on our way.

That's what life is about.
k*lling yourself.

[yelling]

And then making room for a new beginning,
a new life, a new person.

[music concludes]

[Mike groaning]

How's the back feel?

Everything feel...
At the last round, start asking...

- Okay. Progress.
- ...but a lot of progress.

Good. Good, good, good.

[Billy] He was so fast today on one move,
he was too fast for his own good.

He got there before...

setting your weight and launching.
Remember that one?

- [Mike] Yeah. I remember that. [chuckles]
- Yeah. Well, it happened.

But that's beautiful.
Controlled fury, man.

That's the key.

[tense music playing]

[Ice T] Controlling his fury was always
Mike Tyson's biggest advantage

in besting his opponents.

But as the decade turned in 1990,

Tyson would face
his toughest challenge. Success.

The truth was he'd begun losing his way
with the death of his trainer,

Cus D'Amato, in the mid '80s.
His training tapered off,

trumped by the thrills of life
as a celebrity.

[reporter] He's even been seen partying
in Las Vegas night spots.

[Ice T] Leading up to his first fight
of the new decade,

he was actually knocked down in sparring.

The armor he'd worn for so long
was about to be stripped away.

On February 11, 1990,

James "Buster" Douglas
entered the ring in Tokyo, Japan,

a 42-to-one underdog to Tyson.

Douglas was knocked down
in the eighth round but got up.

And a few rounds later,
he shocked the world.

- [crowd cheering]
- [tense music playing]

Two, three, four, five, six,

seven, eight, nine...

[crowd cheering]

[brooding music playing]

[Barak] Upsets is a big part of boxing,

but the benchmark is when Mike Tyson lost
to Buster Douglas.

[Wallace] The loss to Buster Douglas
was everything. I mean,

real legitimate fighters
were no longer afraid of him

because they saw this guy's a human being.
He's made of the same stuff I am.

That stripped the cloak
of invincibility off him.

[Ice T] Over the next several years,
Tyson's life continued to spiral downward,

but he kept getting chances
to come back,

including a shot at reclaiming
the heavyweight title in 1997,

- in a rematch with Evander Holyfield...
- [announcer]...Mike Tyson!

[Ice T] ...where he ended up
shocking the world again,

only this time
in even more staggering fashion.

[commentator] Oh, my goodness,
he's got a bloody right ear.

Holyfield bit by a dirty Mike Tyson.

It's over, I think
they've just about had enough.

It is complete devilment.

Tyson is just taking swipes

- at anybody in front of him.
- [crowd clamoring]

It is what it is. You know?

Life is more about forgiving yourself.

It's what I've had.
I beat myself up a lot.

I didn't forgive myself
for things that I had done.

Sixteen, slow. Four more.

Seventeen, slow. Eighteen, slow.

- Nineteen, head up. Twenty, good.
- [trainer] Looks good. What a good set.

Done, Mike.

I have a lot of regrets.

You know, people always say,
"I have no regrets. No regrets."

- But I have...
- [man] I hate that sh*t.

- Yeah. It's a f*cking lie.
- [man] They're f*ck' liars.

You're not a human being.

[trainer] I think the key is not to have
a lot of regrets.

No, the key is to be able to handle
your regrets.

Gotta handle them.
It's all about handling your situation,

- dealing with it. Yeah.
- [man] Learn, move forward.

And continue going, keep it moving.

You know? In boxing, they always say
a moving target's hard to hit.

But that's... that's something
you could use in life as well.

Just keep it moving, man.

Don't stop.
Don't let nothing put you in a standstill.

Just keep it moving.

[man] Do you think
you've done that pretty well?

Yeah. Big wheels keep rolling.
They don't stop for no one or no thing.

[Ice T] It's now exactly 119 days out
from Mike Tyson, Jake Paul.

But that means it's July 20th,
the original fight date.

And Jake is facing
the MMA champion Mike Perry.

In the world of bare-knuckle,
they call Perry "the king of violence,"

but it still feels like a tune-up,
with Jake carrying himself

with the confidence of a fighter
worthy of one.

[Jake] You take life,
and you roll with the punches.

We were supposed to be with Tyson tonight,
but we move on to the next Mike.

I'm staying active because my goal
is to be world champion,

and I'm not slowing down for anyone, and...

I'm gonna finish this guy,
put on a performance,

get more experience under the lights
against a guy who comes forward,

who throws big shots like Tyson,

and it's just gonna make me better
for November 15th.

[Nakisa] Absolutely there was
a risk involved in it,

but that's the game that we're in.
No risk, no reward.

And it wasn't like the Tyson fight
was just a month later.

We were talking close
to five months after the fact.

Five months in the fight game
is a lifetime,

and we couldn't see ourselves waiting
to see what would happen from there.

[Logan] Do you have a game plan
or you just gonna...

- [Jake] For the fight?
- [Logan] Yeah.

I'm going to test him really early.

- You... Oh, really?
- Yeah.

I feel like he's going
to do the same to you.

- Yeah, but my jab will win that battle.
- Yeah, for sure.

And I'll get off to the side
and just load the f*ck up on some sh*t.

- Punch, punch, punch, punch, punch.
- [indistinct chatter]

- Let's f*cking go.
- Let's go.

I feel the vibes. Dude, you're...

- I'm locked in.
- You got a good vibe right now.

- I'm absolutely dialed.
- Let's go.

[announcer] From the sold-out Amalie Arena
here in Tampa, Florida, USA,

this is the moment
we've all been waiting for.

The main event of the evening.

[rousing music playing]

I thought it was a wrestling event.
I thought it was WWE.

And they said, "No, that's Jake Paul."

I said, "Oh, I had no idea
that it was happening."

- [commentator] Here we go!
- [bell ringing]

[crowd cheering]

[Ice T] It's both another test of the idea
that Jake Paul can take a beating

and more evidence that he can.

But to plenty of observers,
a victory isn't enough

to convince them Jake's for real.

And the skeptics include some friends
watching from Las Vegas,

looking for a ch*nk in the armor
or a weakness below the surface.

- His head is up when he's punching.
- Exactly.

[commentator]
How much more can Mike Perry take?

This may be it! Right hand!
And he's down for a third time!

[referee speaking indistinctly]

[commentator] And they'll wave it off!

There is a new King of Violence,
and his name is Jake Paul!

[pundit] It was probably a lot tougher
than Jake thought it would be,

but in the end, his boxing experience,
that people love to knock,

won him the fight.

And now he gets to punch his ticket
to fight Mike Tyson.

Final thing, I presume that Mike Tyson
is watching this right now.

Is there anything you want to say to him?

[chuckles] Mike, I love you,
but this is my sport now.

It's an honor to get in the ring with you.
I'm so, so honored.

You're a legend, but I'm going
to take your throne, brother.

[chuckles]

There's a fundamental difference
between me and Jake.

He's a manufactured k*ller.

Television and papers made him a k*ller.

He's manufactured.
I'm a natural born k*ller.

That's the difference.

["Bad Bad Man" playing]

♪ I've been a bad, bad man ♪

♪ I've been a bad, bad man
For most of my life ♪

[Mike]
This is what I've learned through Cus.

All the people you start with,
you gonna finish with.

♪ I've been a bad, bad man ♪

[Mike] Everybody that's in here, I love.

I would f*ck somebody up
for or get f*cked up for.

The family unit.
Where else would I want to be?

♪ This is my last, last chance ♪

♪ Ooh, to make things right ♪

[Ice T] By late summer, Mike Tyson
is back training at full strength,

surrounded by the small team
he keeps close to him.

None are more tenured or trusted
than trainer Billy White,

a Cus D'Amato protégé,

and a man who represents
Mike's longest relationship, 45 years.

♪ Put a cheer in my soul ♪

[Mike] My son's 13, all right?
So, I met Billy when I was my son's age.

[grunting]

Just warming up, man.

All the years later,
I look at him and I see him do moves.

Sometimes he takes me back
to when he was 25.

[grunts]

- Excellent. The right was there.
- [Mike] Yeah?

And you set that up.

Mike's a cold-blooded assassin.
He's a machine.

Uppercut, cross. [grunts]

[Billy] There you go.

And Jake has not come up against that.

It's a dark place in there, that ring.
A lot of things can happen.

- [grunts]
- Yes.

- Right hand comes up?
- Yeah, beautiful.

Mike is the baddest man on the planet.

Rafael is the baddest trainer
on the planet.

I need you to come in, man.
I need you to come in. Come in, man.

- Squat down. Squat down. Yeah.
- [Rafael] Okay.

You got him? You got him?

- [crew member] You want a little chair?
- Yeah, give him a chair.

You can see. You can feel.

[Ice T] The latest addition
to Team Tyson is Rafael Cordeiro,

- a decorated former MMA trainer.
- Yes! Yes!

[Ice T] Rafael joined camp four years ago,

tasked with keeping Mike
in fighting shape.

But as far as his fighting style goes,

there's no reason to fix what ain't broke.

Slip, and then roll, hook, hook.

[both grunt]

Ooh.

Everybody knows Mike Tyson's style.

Mike is the kind of guy you're going
to move for all the time.

Jab, slip, hook, then bring it on hook.

Jab, slip, one, two, three. [grunts]

We're gonna put Jake in deeper waters.

Where... Let's make him feel uncomfortable,
the beginning to the end of the fight.

- [grunts]
- Yes.

So, after you're throwing that left hook,
or even before you throw it,

after your jab, get over here and move.
Move that left hook. Move left.

Cus's style is all about form.

It's all hands up, chin down,
elbows in. Great defense.

It's f*cking beautiful.

Cus always said,
"The fight is won in the gym."

There you go.
Got to move your head though.

Training is going to be harder
than the fight.

[grunts]

[Billy] When I say, "Great day,"
you know what he says?

"Yeah, tomorrow will be better."

[waves lapping]

[Mike] Hey, Milan.

This is Milan Tyson right here, everybody.
She's 15, gonna be 16.

This is the love of my life.

She's my princess.

All I think about is keeping her away
from guys like I used to be.

And she wants to turn pro next year.
I just want her to be happy.

You know... I know from being an athlete,

this stuff can break your soul,
break your spirit.

And I understand
the pressure of being my child,

that you have to do something.

Everybody has their own idea
of who they really are,

or who they really want to be.

[soft music playing]

[producer]
Who do you think Milan is becoming?

Whoever she wants.

[Milan] He's not cool,
but he's cooler than Jake Paul.

- Thank you, God. Thank God.
- Is that good? [laughs]

Oh, I thought I was getting ready
to get dissed just now.

- [Milan laughing]
- Oh, thank God. Not on television. sh*t.

I think it's not going to be good
for Jake... [chuckles]...at all.

I think my dad's going to win, easy.
Knockout.

I'm very proud of her accomplishment
at such an early age and so fast.

Let's hope she keeps her desire
and continues to wanna play,

because if she does,
she's going to be champion one day.

We're not getting you nervous
over here, are we, baby?

[screams]

- [chuckles]
- [producer] You scared me.

You see, this is what I do
to my children. [laughs]

He's backing up
because of bad breath, aren't you?

- [laughs]
- [laughs]

You don't even, okay...
You want to tell the camera

- you don't even brush your teeth?
- [Mike] I don't brush my teeth.

- So what? I'm Mike Tyson.
- [laughs]

[Ice T] Mike Tyson may make
no apologies for his quirks,

but he is evidently an easy mark,

happy to take Milan shopping
after her workout.

Though if quality alone time
with her father was the plan,

taking him to the mall
probably wasn't the right decision.

- [Mike] We're gonna have fun here.
- Okay, we have an hour to shop.

[Mike] Okay.

- [Mike] Hey! What's up, baby?
- [Milan] Where do you want to go, Papa?

- What's up, Mike Tyson? How you doing?
- [Mike] Great, brother.

- Ow.
- [Milan laughing]

Dad, it's a candy bag,
you have to get your own stuff.

You can fill the bag with...

I don't want... I just want this.

You can try, we have samples.

- This can be my sample?
- Yes.

Thank you.

It's good.

You took the thing
and then just put it in your mouth

and then put it back. [laughs]

Do you know how profitable
that makes that thing?

Bro.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Be careful.

- How you doing, brother?
- Can I have a picture, man?

[Mike] Come on, buddy. Come on.
You gotta do it quick. Come on.

- I'm here, brother.
- [Milan] Dad.

- [security guard] You gotta back up.
- [Milan] This is crazy.

- [Mike] We're almost out, baby.
- [Milan] Thank you.

[man] Almost there.

[Milan]
Do you ever get overwhelmed, or no?

- [Mike] This is what I...
- [Milan] You like... You wanted it.

- [Mike] This is what I wanted.
- [Milan] Yeah.

- That makes sense.
- [Mike] Encore, one more time.

[laughing]

["That Lady, Pts. 1 & 2" playing]

[Mike] Baby, this some
grown people's stuff right here.

- Whoo!
- [Milan] I'm gonna listen to Drake.

- ♪ Who's that lady? ♪
- [Mike] ♪ Who's that lady? ♪

♪ Who's that lady? ♪

- ♪ Beautiful lady, lady, yeah ♪
- ♪ Beautiful lady ♪

- ♪ Who's that lady? ♪
- ♪ Who's that lady? ♪

- ♪ Lovely lady ♪
- [Mike] ♪ Lovely, lovely lady ♪

♪ Who's that lady? ♪

Dad, I cannot hear my own music.
Can you please turn it down a little bit?

♪ Hear me callin' out to you
'Cause that's all that I can do ♪

♪ Your eyes tell me to pursue ♪

♪ But you say, "Look, yeah
But don't touch" ♪

It's loud!

[Ice T] Much to Milan's chagrin,
her dad is feeling it.

Though on the bright side,
his health concerns seem to have faded.

But the reality is that in a little more
than three months,

he'll be fighting a man
only 12 years older than his daughter.

Still, moving forward,

right towards his opponent,
is the only direction he knows.

Whoo! Baby,
that's some beautiful music, baby.

I'm trying to teach you something.

♪ Shine my way ♪

[music concludes]

[Jake] Just following these lines
to create this V.

But we can, like, trim down...

some of... like, some of this a little bit.

[barber] What about the beard?
Do you want to trim it down a little more,

- or you like it more full?
- What do you think?

Maybe the sides a bit, but this is good.

Yeah, maybe here.
So it slims his face a little.

- [barber] Okay.
- [trimmer whirring]

That is Miss Jutta Leerdam,
the most amazing woman there is.

And my girlfriend. She is a superwoman.

Not only is she the most beautiful,
but she's an Olympic athlete,

six-time world champion,
and has the sweetest soul in the world.

- [Jutta] Aw.
- I'm lucky to have you.

I love you. That's so sweet.

[gentle music playing]

[Ice T] Jutta Leerdam
is a Dutch speed skater,

a silver medalist
at the 2022 Winter Games,

and one of the most popular
Olympic athletes in the world.

She also happens to be
Jake Paul's girlfriend.

Jake sent me a DM on Instagram
and asked me to be on this podcast.

And I was like, "Okay, well, let's do it."

"It can be good. It can be nice."
So, then we started like...

[Jake] And then
I started flirting with her.

- [Jutta] Yeah.
- [laughs]

[Jutta] And in the beginning,
I wasn't really into it.

So I like... I kind of like...

Yeah, she thought I was weird at first,
which I am weird.

But then she, like,
understood my sense of humor.

[Jutta] In the beginning,
when he hit me up online,

I was like, "No, you look like...
you look like this arrogant douchebag

that thinks he can just, like,
get whatever he wants."

Well, not me.

I never, ever expected to date him.
Like, never.

Of course, I didn't know a lot from him.

Like, I could only, like,
scroll on his Instagram

and, like, right away have an opinion,
like the whole world does.

But he is the complete opposite.

[Ice T] So there's a witness to the notion

that there is indeed
another side to Jake Paul.

That, alongside
the bombastic internet personality

and ambitious young pro fighter,

there is another facet
the world doesn't typically see.

[Jutta] We really connected
in these two crazy worlds

on like a super personal deep level

and I think, since then,
we're just inseparable.

- [music concludes]
- [bowling pins clattering]

[Ice T] So yes, one of the world's
biggest online stars

and one of the most famous
speed skaters in the world

go bowling on their date night.

[soft music playing]

- [indistinct chatter]
- Wow. Wait, did you name me? [laughs]

[Jutta] I've seen one boxing match before,

but then it's my first time,
like, sitting there

and seeing my boyfriend, like, fight.
Like, it's scary, and it's, like, intense.

And I'm also an athlete,
so I know the competitive part in it,

and I just want him to win.

[Jake] This is about to be a strike.

Oh, what the frick?

That's bad.

I'm also, like, not scared,
but it's still, like, weird

because someone
is punching him in the face, so...

[chuckles] And I'm like,
"No, don't touch my boyfriend."

But then it's the sport,
so I can also understand that side of it.

So it's... I'm sitting there
with two mindsets. [chuckles]

[Jake] I need to just relax.

Oh, f*ck.

[Ice T] You could say Jake Paul's mindset
has always been winning,

and he's succeeded at pretty much
everything he's tried so far.

[Jake] It's harder than it looks.

[tense music playing]

- [bell ringing]
- [Ice T] But in February of 2023,

he took on an established boxer
for the first time in his career.

Tyson Fury's younger brother, Tommy Fury.

And even though he knocked down Fury
in the last round of the bout,

Jake took his first loss
in a split decision.

- [announcer] Tommy "TNT" Fury.
- [crowd cheering]

[music concludes]

[Ice T] Within just a few hours,
the loss stung even more,

when Jake looked
for the team that trained him

and discovered they'd left him
to recover from the loss alone.

[indistinct chatter]

[Jake] After losing to Tommy Fury,
my coaches just, like, disappeared.

Didn't reach out, didn't say anything,

didn't come back with me to the hotel.

Just, like, disappeared.

So... Then J'Leon was there the whole time.

- [grunts]
- [J'Leon] Mm-hmm.

[Jake] J'Leon has this special connection
with me, like as a brother.

[speaks indistinctly]

And he's able to utilize that
to help me become the best boxer.

[Ice T] J'Leon Love
was a professional boxer with 25 wins.

He's been with Jake since 2020.

And in an ever-revolving door of trainers,
managers, and specialists,

he's remained a constant presence
in Jake's camp,

an expert in both the physical
and mental challenges

- in a world he once labored through.
- [bell ringing]

Bang, bang.

I know what it feels like
to wanna accomplish something

that nobody really feels you can do.
I have his best interests at heart,

and I'm bringing the right m*therf*ckers
that you need around you to be great.

- [mellow music playing]
- Uh.

There you go, back Jay up.
Yep, back him up.

[J'Leon] I called Theo Chambers,
and I said,

"Yo, you gotta see this kid
I'm dealing with."

"His name is Jake Paul.
He a YouTuber, bro."

He said, "Yeah, man,
this kid makes YouTube." I'm like, "What?"

I said, "What, YouTube? What is that?"

I said, "Jay, I ain't got time for that."
The answer was no.

[producer] What was the problem?

Fundamentals.

[Ice T] Theo "Third" Chambers, like most,

was unconvinced that the YouTuber
he watched on the internet

had what it took to be a pro.

But he quickly had a change of heart
once he met with Jake.

Nevertheless,
tearing down the old foundation,

the only way to build something new,
can be a daunting endeavor.

[Theo] It's almost like a tree, right?

And if something is a bit wrong
with the tree,

but then you take the scissors
and make the tree look good.

And you, like...
But I see that the roots are f*cked up.

You get comfortable doing it
like this shadowboxing.

It's the same thing when you fight.
You get comfortable doing it.

That's why shadowboxing is so important.

[Jake] It was like
I had never boxed before.

All the details, all the flaws
and things he was pointing out,

I was like starting from day one.

And he was like, "Dude,
we're not even going to throw punches."

"You need to, like,
work from the ground up."

Boom, badum, a little rock.

Bam, bam!

[J'Leon] Angles, foot placement, distance,

little things that were just missed
that he's picking up now.

I see what you're doing. That's good.

We learn how to process
that sh*t perfectly

to where the kid gets it.

Break that line.

You break the line,
then you can hit with the counterpunch.

[Jake] Today was a big focus
on keeping my jab hand high.

Jab. Same thing.

- Jab. One, two. There you go.
- [bell ringing]

[Jake] And keeping my weight farther back

versus sometimes I have
a tendency to lean forward.

[Theo] Yeah, we find that balance. Good.

[Jake] Working on some inside game,
turning my hips with each punch,

then smothering them on the inside.

There you go.

[Theo] Back down his chest.

[speaks indistinctly]
...came through like this.

[Jake] Staying in a rhythm off of the jab
so that I can continue punching

with certain combinations.

- [grunts]
- Good.

After the Tommy Fury fight, the loss,

I felt like he questioned everything.
He questioned himself, his preparation.

I felt like we didn't protect him.

Now where we are, the way we train,
we leave no stone unturned.

We know, without a doubt in our mind,
Jake is 1000% ready.

I'll bet the house.

[Larry] Y'all stretch out good now.
We're going a little quicker today.

[music concludes]

[Jake] I don't like track work,
but it is what it is.

Gotta...

dig deep.

It's mental training, too, all these days.

[grunts]

Set, hup!

Chin down. Good.
Good job, fellas. Good job.

Good job, Jake. Quick, quick, quick,
quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick.

[Ice T] When strength coach Larry Wade
began game-planning for this fight,

- he added a cardio regiment...
- [Larry] Let's work!

- Let's work!
- [Ice T] ...to Jake's already substantial

daily routines.

Shadowbox. We got eight
of those total, which is four laps.

[Ice T] The idea is that if Jake
can build his stamina and conditioning

higher than it's ever been,
it'll be a critical edge against Tyson.

[Larry] You looking good.

[Jake] After a short period of time,
I wasn't getting tired in fights.

Not that you don't already know this.
Our job ain't easy.

Sometimes it gets harder to do
this stuff than other days, right?

The integrity of what we do,

- from the very beginning...
- Yeah.

- ...is what matters the most. All right?
- Facts.

- Set, hup!
- [Jake] Larry brought that championship

highest level experience to me.

When you get to this point in training,
you know what it's about.

You're getting a step closer
to that fight,

and it doesn't matter.
My mindset remains the same.

[Jake] Mike is the greatest heavyweight
of all time, in my opinion.

That not only excites me,
but it keeps me on edge.

It builds some insecurities,
doubt, and fear.

The beautiful thing is having the courage
to go into the fight with those things,

to push me every single day
in training to make me better.

[J'Leon] You know, this is a gamble.
f*ck it, you know?

If Mike Tyson can knock out Jake Paul,
that moment would be so major for him.

What a f*cking story to tell, right?

But f*ck that. [chuckles]

The legend must fall.
We gotta do what we gotta do.

[Larry clapping]
Good job today, fellas. Good job.

[Larry clapping]

Good work. Definitely good work.

[brooding music playing]

[Ice T] The business of hyping
the fight picks up late summer

when Jake and Mike come face-to-face
for the first time in months.

Here in New York City,
plenty is still the same, though,

like the one-sided crowd that greets them.

[host] Love him or hate him,
all of you are here to see him.

Jake "El Gallo" Paul.

[crowd booing]

Let's go, New York!

[host] And now,
one of the biggest boxers of all time,

a man who is the most dangerous,
the most violent,

- the most vicious, Iron Mike Tyson!
- [crowd cheering]

[crowd chanting]
Tyson! Tyson! Tyson! Tyson!

[Jake] There's not
an actual rivalry between us.

I've created one.

- f*ck Jake Paul! f*ck Jake Paul!
- [crowd chanting] f*ck Jake Paul!

f*ck Jake Paul! f*ck Jake Paul!

If Mike Tyson knocks you out at this age,

your career could be over.
This is taking a chance.

As soon as I catch this guy,
'cause he's going to be running around,

but as soon as I catch this guy,
it's going to be totally over.

Jake Paul is a phenomenal marketer
who knows how to grab your attention.

New York, you're just like Mike Tyson.

You were good 20 years ago.

f*ck you, New York. f*ck you.

[Barak] You know
where the culture exists at?

On social media.

You have to understand that realm
in order to talk to the masses.

And no one does it better than Jake Paul.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa...

You're not strong.

- You're not strong.
- I am. I am.

- Barely moved. Barely moved.
- Let's stay, let's stay.

- Barely moved. Barely moved.
- Let's stay. Let's stay.

Barely moved. Come on, dawg.

Let's face off.

[hip-hop music playing over speakers]

- Weak a*s.
- Thank you guys for coming out.

Tickets for Tyson, Paul, Taylor, Serrano
on sale now on seatgeek.com.

[fan] Crush him, Mike. Crush him.

Thank you, brother. I will do just that.

So, Kiki, it went real good?

- I'm trying not to curse the guy out.
- I thought you handled it well.

But it worked well because it was during...

I think when you said, "I'm going
to f*ck you up," that was like...

- Enough.
- It was enough. Like, you did it like...

Yeah. It was almost kind of like...

You almost don't even
take him serious, you know?

- You did a good job.
- You think so?

- Yeah.
- I didn't want to do too much cursing

- 'cause the other guys was in there.
- No, you played it good.

You were calm and knew when to talk sh*t.
You did good.

[Jake] That was great. That was fun.

I'm just, like, done with the nice sh*t
and like respecting him

because he's disrespecting me
and so is the whole crowd.

So, I'm just gonna
state the facts and let it rip

because at the end of the day,
I'm beating the f*ck out of this guy.

Hello.

Hi.

[Pam] How did it...
So how do you think it went?

I thought it was good. Did you watch?

[Pam] I did watch. Here's my main thought.

As always, with Mike Tyson,
he's got so much boxing intelligence.

And I know you're not ever
underestimating Mike Tyson.

I know you're not.
But I'm always gonna caution you.

That's always my thing.

[Ice T] Mothers usually know best.
And against all likelihood,

Jake Paul is evidently a son
who listens to his mom,

particularly after seeing
his legendary opponent

once again up close today.

- [Pam] All right, love you all.
- All right, love you.

- [Pam] Okay, bye, honey.
- Bye, bye.

[Pam] Bye.

["Don't Sweat The Technique" playing]

[Jake] Mike Tyson is back...
[chuckles]...and he's looking like a beast,

but I definitely get the sense
that he's underestimating me,

so he's gonna find out.

♪ Let's trace the hits
And check the file ♪

♪ Let's see who bit to detect the style ♪

♪ I flip the script
So they can't get foul ♪

♪ At least not now, it'll take a while ♪

♪ I change the pace to complete the beat ♪

♪ I drop the bass 'til MCs get weak ♪

♪ For every word they trace
It's a scar they keep ♪

♪ 'Cause when I speak
They freak to sweat the technique ♪

[Ice T] There are a lot of people
who will tell you

that a boxing match
isn't just won on fight night,

that the lead-up, over weeks and weeks,
sometimes months and months,

is as much a part
of the competition as anything.

In his prime, Mike Tyson defined the idea

with his intimidation
and unpredictability.

And these days, no one talks more

before he steps inside the ring
than Jake Paul.

Which means their w*r of words
is very much an essential part

of their showdown.

♪ Don't sweat the technique ♪

[Mike] When the doctor said
"You're a freak of nature,

I never saw anybody this strong,"
I felt invincible.

He should have never told me that.
Who's gonna stop me?

Go ahead, say something. You know anyone?
You know anything? Who...

[producer]
Jake Paul thinks he can stop you.

Well, no-one's gonna stop me.

♪ I speak indiscreet
'Cause talk is cheap ♪

♪ Then I get deep
In the beat then complete ♪

[Mike] Hard work defines me.

Hard, back-breaking work.
My ego is about being prepared.

When you're prepared,
then you can talk sh*t.

[Jake] If everything was easy

and it was just
a cupcake walk to the top,

it's not beautiful that way.

I'm ready. I'm gonna upset the world.

♪ But don't sweat the technique ♪

[Ice T] All the talk, all the bluster,
it's all part of their technique.

And as always,

it'll give way to what awaits
when they finally collide in the ring,

as the countdown continues to Friday,
November 15th.

♪ It's cool when you freak to the beat ♪

♪ But don't sweat the technique ♪

[music concludes]

[dramatic music playing]

[Ice T] Next, on the final episode
of Countdown: Paul vs. Tyson,

the boxers pick up the pace of training
as the fight draws near...

He has to anticipate some pain
that's going to be involved.

- KO, round four.
- [Logan] I care about my brother,

and I know the path he's on right now,
and it's ruthless, Mike.

- I'm the truth. Believe that.
- [group cheering]

[Ice T] ...as the anticipation builds

for the most celebrated boxing event
of the year.

The fear of losing
is so much more frightening than dying.

Get away from me. [screams]

[Jake] Camp was amazing.
The fight is right around the corner.

We're going to w*r, and someone's
getting knocked the f*ck out.

[music concludes]

["Against The Wall" playing]

♪ Man, I gotta be stronger
Wiser, better than I was before ♪

♪ Gotta stay on guard
And I know that's hard ♪

♪ 'Cause I don't know what's in store ♪

♪ Maybe I'll go ♪

- ♪ Where to? Don't know ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪

♪ But with my back against the wall
I'll be good, aye ♪

♪ I'm goin' in ♪

♪ Right here, right now
Is a whole lot better ♪

♪ Than the place I been ♪

♪ Man, I gotta be stronger
Wiser, better than I was before ♪

♪ Gotta stay on guard
And I know that's hard ♪

♪ 'Cause I don't know what's in store ♪

♪ Maybe I'll go ♪

♪ Where to? Don't know ♪

♪ But with my back against the wall
I'll be good ♪

[music concludes]