A conspiracy principle has surfaced across the Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul fight following the current rule announcement, with ex-Premier League footballer Troy Deeney suggesting that the foundations are designed to guard YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul. The bout is about to happen in Texas this summer season and has sparked debate amongst followers.

The struggle will see each Paul and boxing icon Tyson donning 14oz gloves for eight rounds of two minutes every. Deeney shared his ideas on talkSPORT, indicating that the heavier gloves is perhaps a precaution to defend Paul from Tyson's legendary punching energy.

Deeney questioned what would occur if Tyson managed to knock out Paul, saying: "I think that's why the 14oz gloves are there. When you are watching the videos you can see that he still has the capabilities to tuck you in."

He additionally talked about a earlier dialogue with Roy Jones Jr, recalling: "We had a show a couple of weeks back with Roy Jones Jr and I asked the question 'Come on, it's a bit dodgy this, the big gloves, 14oz gloves'."

Jones Jr's response was telling, as per Deeney: "And his exact quote was, 'They are not there to protect Mike' so he knows if he lands one on Jake Paul he is going to hurt him. I feel this is a little bit WWE, a little bit, 'let's get through this'.

"Mike may hit him slightly bit however Jake will get by means of the entire struggle. Both of them will make a couple of quid, Jake will get an additional one on his document after which he is bought to look to try to get someplace else."

"I feel the issue is we're all sitting right here saying we all know what that struggle is. We know that it's extra leisure than a critical boxing match. Look at Fury-Usyk arising for instance, however I feel the concern all of us have is we do not need to have that dialog after if one thing was to go incorrect. And we go, 'informed you so, why did not you pay attention?'"

Nakisa Bidarian, Paul's business partner shared: "Mike Tyson and Jake Paul signed on to struggle one another with the will to take action in a sanctioned skilled struggle that might have a definitive consequence. Over the previous six weeks MVP has labored with its companions to fulfill the necessities of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations (TDLR) to sanction Paul Vs Tyson and we're grateful that we now have gotten up to now."

He further adds: "MVP has championed fighter alternative since its inception, together with advocating for girls's boxing to be contested with two or three-minute rounds based mostly on the actual struggle matchup. Paul vs Tyson and Taylor vs Serrano 2 will each be contested with two-minute rounds and every mega-fight could have its winner. Thank you to the TDLR and Holden Boxing for his or her efforts all through this course of so far and we look ahead to working intently with them as we method struggle evening."