In a hilarious moment during a recent interview, boxing icon Mike Tyson spoke about his shock at finding out mini UFC super fan Hasbulla is a grown man.
The 2024 boxing schedule is nearly over, but there are still quite a few major matchups left to go down this year. For many diehard fans, Tyson Fury’s rematch against Oleksandr Usyk in December is the last must-see fight on the calendar. However, for casuals, Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul is the bout they are most looking forward to close the year.
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The scrap between the heavyweight legend and YouTuber turned boxer is just a couple of weeks away and Tyson has been making the media rounds to promote the fight. Recently he had a sit down with fellow boxing great Andre Ward. During their conversation, Ward asked Tyson about a weird interaction he once had with the social media star simply known as Hasbulla.
Mike Tyson seems to regret cradling Hasbulla like a baby
Russian combat sports fan Hasbulla has become a superstar on social media over the last four years. At first glance, he looks and sounds like he might be a small child. And it makes his videos where he is doing dangerous things like driving a car all the more shocking.
However, while he looks like a child, he is actually a grown man who has the unfortunate luck of being a dwarf. Well, during a tour with the Nelk Boys last year, he came face-to-face with Mike Tyson. But it seems the heavyweight great did not get the memo that Hasbulla is not a child.
“I thought it was a baby,” Tyson said when asked if the video of him cradling the mini-man was real. “And he was punching me; I don’t know man. That’s how I am with children. I was hugging on this guy. He’s like 26 years old.”
Tyson looks like he deeply regrets the interaction where he is kissing the 22-year-old on the ear and cheek like an adult would do to a cute baby. The next time the two cross paths, one can only hope someone is there to record it all.
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