Former world boxing champion, famous puncher Amir Khan has just signaled that he is ready to “accept weight” to replace Mike Tyson and fight Jake Paul.
Because the noisy Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul fight, originally scheduled to take place on July 20 in Texas, USA, was forced to be postponed due to “Steel Mike’s” health problem, the question: “Who is ready to replace Tyson vs. Jake Paul” has attracted the attention of the press in recent days.
The possibility that KSI, a YouTuber who also turned into a “professional boxer”, will compete with Jake Paul in the near future is very unlikely. It is likely that the Paul vs KSI fight will take place in early 2025. But in the latest developments, former world champion and famous boxer Amir Khan spoke up.
“If we can negotiate the weight of the fighter, I’m ready to fight. Of course, I don’t mind accepting my opponent’s body weight by 10 kg or more. I know Jake Paul has gained a lot of weight to fight Mike. Tyson. If he loses weight, I will fight Paul,” Amir Khan declared on The Mirror.
More than a month ago, there was information that Jake Paul was trying to “build muscle and body weight” to be able to reach the 240 pound mark, or about… 108 kg to fight “steel” Mike. In his most recent match against Ryan Bourland in March this year, Jake Paul weighed 91 kg.
Meanwhile, Amir Khan regularly maintained his body weight at 63.5 kg during his peak competition. British boxer of Pakistani origin once won the WBA and WBO intercontinental lightweight titles (61.2 kg).
Then Amir Khan won the WBA (super), IBF light-welterweight belt (63.5 kg), then the WBA, WBC welterweight belt (67 kg). The heaviest weight class that Amir Khan has ever competed in and fought for the title is middleweight (73 kg), with a peak match with Canelo Alvarez in May 2016.
Thus, it is clear that for Amir Khan to compete, Jake Paul’s weight will have to decrease significantly, to about 75-80 kg maximum. In the context of this 27-year-old YouTuber, he still “desires to fight Mike Tyson even if he has to wait until the fourth quarter of this year”, which means it would be October at the earliest for “Steel” Mike to recover his health and have enough time to prepare and watch. Jake Paul found it difficult to accept the challenge from former world champion Amir Khan.
“Let’s wait and see, even though I haven’t actually received any calls yet. I think Jake Paul still hopes for the match with Mike Tyson and doesn’t want to be punched in the face and defeated before that match.”
“Guys like Jake only “half-heartedly train”, even still drink alcohol at the training camp, or they don’t even have a proper training camp to prepare for each fight. They just do it for themselves. Sports look uglier. So, if I have to go to the ring and knock out guys like KSI, Jake and my brother Logan Paul, I’m always ready to do it,” Amir Khan confidently affirmed.
Obviously, compared to the 57-year-old Mike Tyson, although he is much smaller in size, Amir Khan still has the strength and agility because he is much younger (37 years old) and has only retired for 2 years. Amir Khan was the world youth boxing champion, Olympic youth boxing champion and won the 2024 Olympic silver medal when he was still in amateur boxing. In the professional arena, the British boxer also won 34 matches after 40 fights and won many famous titles.
If there was only a difference of 5-10 kg, Amir Khan would be an extremely dangerous challenge for YouTubers, “horizontal boxers” like the Paul brothers or KSI.
