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Tony Bellew crashed the press conference for Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson on Wednesday, holding a “Fisher Price” microphone as he was accompanied by an old man in boxing gloves – before the pair were kicked out.

Britain’s Bellew, a former world champion, was in the crowd wearing a t-shirt showing the logo of a betting site, and he was standing alongside an older man in a boxing robe and gloves. Bellew also had a microphone, with which he spoke over a journalist who was asking a question inside Toyota Music Factory.

And the Liverpudlian confirms an altercation with security on his way out, telling Talk Sport: “They were all big boys. One gave me a little push and I said, ‘just don’t touch me, I’m going to walk quite happily boys, but just don’t put your hands on me.’ He said, ‘Okay’. When we got to the policeman with the gun in his waist, the guy gave me a little shove in the back.

While the fight purses have not been officially disclosed, Paul claimed at a press conference in August: “I’m here to make $40m and knock out a legend.”

$40m equates to roughly £31.1m, while Tyson will earn approximately $20m (£15.4m), according to friend and former UFC champion Henry Cejudo.

"Yeah I had all of that [comeback offers]," former British heavyweight champion Julius Francis tells Talk Sport. “There was all of this to have a fight again with Mike Tyson. All of this like 'get you a rematch with him' and stuff like that.

“Yes it would be nice, the money-side of it. But I say for me personally, the integrity and being able to live with yourself. At the end of the day you have to sell your soul, and I don’t think it is really for me.

“I could jump back in the ring, but I couldn’t do anything near what I could and there are limits. Tyson has got himself into shape for a 58-year-old but when you are fighting a 27-year-old the downside is he could be tired after a few rounds. He should be able to destroy Paul but old injuries could come back and that's the danger."

Mike Tyson rolled back the years with an aggressive approach in his open workout for Friday’s fight with Jake Paul, to the delight of the fans in attendance.

The former heavyweight champion, 58, will box YouTube star Paul, 27, at the AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas this week. The fight will stream live on Netflix in an unprecedented move.

And ahead of the controversial bout – Tyson’s first professional contest since 2005 – “Iron Mike” and Paul took to the ring inside Toyota Music Factory to run through some moves for fans.

Many videos of Tyson hitting pads have gone viral in recent years, with viewers often remarking that the American’s speed and power have remained intact.

Mike Tyson has backed Tyson Fury to gain revenge on Oleksandr Usyk in their heavyweight rematch in December.

“Usyk is the best heavyweight in the world at the moment. But I’m going for Fury to beat him,” Tyson told the Mail.

“Why? Because I’m a fan. Because his father gave him my name. I’m not abandoning him now.”

“[Tyson] is older now, I pray that he comes out healthy,” Joshua said on The Jonathan Ross Show this week. “I think Jake Paul [wins] because of youth, that’s the only thing.”

Speaking about influencer boxing more generally, the former heavyweight champion added: “I personally think it’s really good. I think the boxing hardcores, they don’t like it, because they think, ‘Why are they disrespecting our sport?’

“But I think that [influencer] brings all these people into boxing, which benefits everyone else. Everyone viewing helps.”

Mike Tyson believes the rules for Friday’s fight against Jake Paul are for women.

After fighting against Roy Jones Jr in an exhibition fight in 2020 over eight two-minute rounds, the same format as Paul v Tyson, ‘Iron Mike’ was left unimpressed.

"I'm sure they had their reasons but the women fight two minutes," Tyson said at the time. "But this is bigger than me, it's not all about me, so who am I to talk. I'm just happy that we're doing it."