SECRECY surrounds Mike Tyson’s training camp to fight Jake Paul.
The 58-year-old heavyweight icon comes out of retirement to face YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul on Friday in Texas.
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It comes four years after his exhibition bout against Roy Jones Jr, which was drawn over eight rounds.
And Tyson is calling upon the same group of sparring partners to help get him in shape for his first professional fight in 20 YEARS.
But the team of training partners are being sworn to secrecy.
SunSport understands they have signed Non-Disclosure Agreements to ensure Tyson’s preparation are kept behind closed doors.
Tyson’s sparring partners join him in his personal Las Vegas gym and we can reveal two are heavyweights, Mike Russell and Jett Blackwell.
Russell, 32, is 6-1 and recently helped ex-UFC star Nate Diaz, 39, in training to fight Paul last year.
But Diaz was beaten on points over ten rounds and knocked down.
Blackwell, 23, was only a 19-year-old amateur when he sparred Tyson for the Jones exhibition.
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He now has three wins and one draw following an extensive amateur background.
Paul, 27, has been training for the bout in his adopted home of Puerto Rico where he lives in a £13m mansion and has his own £3.2m gym.
The social media sensation has been sparring with 9-1 heavyweight Dacarree Scott, 26, throughout the year.
Timothy Moten, 32, who has 11 wins and one draw on his record is the latest addition to Paul’s camp.
Moten was notably recruited by Anthony Joshua, 35, before the former heavyweight champion beat Andy Ruiz Jr, 35, in their 2019 rematch.
DeAndre Savage, 36, was also sparring Paul and a clip of the 6-0 American getting dropped with a right hand was released.
Savage – who has won all his fights by KO – admitted to being floored by Paul but had nothing but praise for the 10-1 cruiserweight.
He told SunSport: “From the outside looking in and listening to everyone else the world is not taking Jake serious.
“But Jake does work hard and he’s still a little green, so I understand the route that he’s taking.
“You know, fighting the UFC fighters and stuff like that and people that don’t really know how to box because he’s still green.
“But, Jake sells out the arena, sells the tickets, he’s doing big things that some people wish that they can do, things that people wish they can do and they can’t do it.
“But yeah, Jake worked real hard, work real hard. He got some great moves in the ring.”
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