Strict Drug Testing Rules Revealed For Mike Tyson Vs Jake Paul Fight

Drug testing rules have been revealed for the upcoming boxing match between 57-year-old Mike Tyson and 27-year-old Jake Paul.

So far it hasn’t been revealed whether the fight between Tyson and Paul will be an exhibition or a professional bout.

Mike Tyson claims it will be an exhibition, so it will not go on either fighter’s official record, but he also claims it will be a “real fight.”

“This is called an exhibition, and if you look up exhibition, you will not see any of the laws that we are fighting under. This is a fight,” Tyson told Fox News.

“I don’t think he’s faster than me. I’ve seen him on YouTube of him at 16 doing weird dances, that’s not the guy I’m going to be fighting. This guy’s gonna come and gonna try to hurt me, which I’m accustomed to, and he’s gonna be greatly mistaken.”

Whether it is or isn’t a “real fight,” there is one thing that will be real and that is the strict random drug testing that will take place prior to the bout.

Since the fight will take place at the AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas on July 20th, “Contestants who fight in Texas are subject to random drug testing. Combatants over the age of 36 are also required to pass an EKG and an EEG,” Tela Mange of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation told World Boxing News.

There were initial concerns that Mike Tyson might have trouble passing a drug testing due to his affection for marijuana.

That won’t be a concern, however, at least according to Tyson.

“I don’t think I am going to smoke for this fight,” he said. “I think I am going to be very irritable and nasty. Normally I do, but for this particular fight I think I’m going to go pretty raw and naked. I’m 58 and what, I’m getting billions of views from just talking to somebody about fighting?”

For those worried about Mike Tyson’s health, what with him being around 30 years older than Jake Paul, Mange added, “The Texas Boxing Commission takes seriously its responsibility to ensure the safety of all combatants. We evaluate the record of each combatant who is proposed as a contestant when determining whether to approve a fight; the results of other fights that did not include the contestants being considered do not play a role in our decision-making.”

As to whether or not Tyson vs. Paul will be a “real fight,” Mange said, “We have not received a proposed card from the promoter, so we have not decided whether a contest between Mr. Paul and Mr. Tyson would be a professional fight or an exhibition. But we are still waiting to receive the proposed card from the promoter. We are hearing occasionally from the promoter but not from the camps.”