Mike Tyson says he ‘got an erection’ watching videos of 16-year-old Jake Paul

Things took a very strange turn

Tyson and Paul were together for their press conference ahead of their fight in Texas on July 20.

Both traded verbal blows but it took a strange and bizarre turn after Paul initially said he wanted to "kiss Mike's big juicy lips", only for Tyson to make it even stranger.

The 57-year-old said: "He wanted to kiss me? That's so ironic that he said that because I saw pictures of him dancing at 16, doing that little dance on YouTube and for some reason I had an erection."

Everyone was left utterly perplexed by the bizarre comment but the conference continued to have a strange feel to it as a young child walked up to the microphone and asked which of the two would be better suited to training a young fighter.

He then asked Paul if he thought that Tyson had "bigger balls", before asking the two fighters for their "body count" and forced Tyson to ask: "Where is this kid's mother?"

Tyson also played down suggestions that he had been told to lose to Paul - who is 30 years younger than him.

"Well, just come to the fight and you’ll see," Tyson said. “Listen, I started Jake off and I’m going to finish him." Paul then shouted in reply: “Hey, I hope you all keep the same energy when I knock this old man the f*** out!"

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