Mike Tyson doubles down on praise of Logan and Jake Paul

Mike Tyson has doubled down on his praise for YouTube duo Logan and Jake Paul and said they are ‘a big shot in the arm for boxing’.

The boxing legend gave his thoughts on the YouTubing brothers to former NFL star Shannon Sharpe during an appearance on his podcast earlier this week. 

And he even suggested that they are actually a lot better than people give them credit for in the ring.

Tyson, 56, told Sharpe: “I think they’re a big shot in the arm for boxing.

“No boxer’s ever brought that many people to the network, like Logan and Jake did. They’re bringing money to boxing.

“These guys are very emotional, they want to fight ‘em [sic] so bad, they forget that he’s a trained fighter.

“He’s gonna make them believe that they can really beat this guy because he’s white with blonde hair and blue eyes. ‘I’m gonna kill him.’

“And then they go in the ring and something different happens.”

Jake and Logan, 25 and 26 respectively, have both forged polarising fighting careers over the past few years.

And in doing so they have gained admirers and detractors all over the world as the hype train shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.

One such admirer is Iron Mike’s namesake Tyson Fury – despite the fact the former has been linked to a mega-money fight against his brother Tommy Fury.

Speaking recently to iFL TV, he said: “A lot of people say all this YouTube stuff is c*** and they don’t want to see all these people in boxing.

“But I’m the heavyweight champion and the best fighter that has ever lived and I like to see these YouTubers fight.

“I like to see it because it brings millions more eyes to my sport where I’m the master at.

“And just like general people, who would never watch boxing, watch it because of the YouTube guys,