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Mike TysonDue to his health in May, some fans are worried about his chances to fight Jake Paul next month … but there is no combat sports legend in that group Quinton “Rampage” Jacksonwho tells TMZ Sports he’s still in touch with the former heavyweight champion.
We recently caught up with the retired UFC superstar at LAX … and asked for his thoughts on the Nov. 15 mega-fight between Tyson, 58, and Paul, 27.
Even after being engaged ulcer outbreak causing the fight to be postponed (from the summer to November 15th), Jackson tells us he never bet against Mike.
“He’s my favorite boxer,” Rampage said.
Although he admitted that “Father Time is invincible” … that won’t stop Jackson from rocking one of the goats against his much younger op.
“Anything can happen in the boxing ring,” he said. “But I’m not going up against Mike Tyson.”
We also asked Rampage about Tyson’s comments that were made to him appearance On “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” where Iron Mike said there’s a chance he’ll fight at a high level … and he’s not taking it all that seriously.
“I don’t know about that,” Jackson said. “Mike Tyson is probably talking right now, man.”
Whether Tyson was for real or not…Rampage says he doesn’t believe fighters should be smoking weed before contests, believing it can only hurt, not help.
Bottom line: Quinton believes Tyson will have enough in the tank, high or not, to “shut that kid up.”
