Former Steelers star-turned-boxer Le'Veon Bell predicts Jake Paul will knock out Mike Tyson in upcoming bout

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Legendary heavyweight boxer, Mike Tyson, is slated to make his highly anticipated return to the ring later this year. 

The July 20 bout against YouTube star-turned-boxer Jake Paul, inside AT&T Stadium in suburban Dallas, will mark Tyson's first fight in almost four years. 

While reaction to the fight varied greatly, former Pittsburgh Steelers star-turned-boxer Le'Veon Bell believes the upcoming fight will end with a knockout.

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LeVeon Bell poses during his official weigh in at Desert Diamond Arena on October 28, 2022, in Glendale, Arizona. (Chris Coduto/Getty Images)

Bell believes "Iron Mike" will have a strong showing early on but will eventually "tire and get knocked out." The former NFL runningback took to X to respond to a video of Robert Griffin III sparing with the 57-year-old Tyson.

Bell's premise seems to revolve primarily around the age gap between Tyson and Paul.

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Tyson, who was once known as "the Baddest Man on the Planet," will turn 58 a few weeks before the fight. Paul, meanwhile, turned 27 earlier this year. Paul has a 9-1 boxing record.

Mike Tyson and Jake Paul. (Joe Scarnici/Getty Images; Alex Menendez/Getty Images)

Several months ago, Bell appeared to challenge Paul to a fight and expressed confidence about defeating the social media star.

"I will stop him. I will stop Jake Paul," Bell said on the 'No Jumper" podcast in August. "It's hard to knock somebody out if they don't want to be knocked out. . . . he's not doing eight rounds with me. There's nobody in that influencer s--t that's making