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Sylvester Stallone performs dramatic U-turn after being called out by Jake Paul for comments on Mike Tyson fight
The divisive YouTuber-turned-boxer recently picked up the biggest win of his 11-1 boxing career as he outpointed former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson at AT&T Stadium in Texas on November 15.
Even though ‘Iron Mike’ is 58 years of age and three decades older than his comeback opponent, some fans were surprised that he was unable to knock out Jake Paul with the power shots that made him famous.
Stallone was one of them, but the ‘Rocky’ actor overstepped with his comments on the controversial fight.
Sylvester Stallone changes his stance on Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson
Stallone took to Instagram to voice his opinions on the clash that attracted 60 million people to Netflix.
“Just to set my personal record straight,” he wrote alongside several of him with Mike Tyson.
“Business is business. SOMETIMES you have to do hard things and sacrifice for the sake of helping your FAMILY…. I have known this unbelievable athlete since he’s 19 years old and what we saw was him giving one of the great Oscar winning performances of all time!!!!
“Please, Jake, be grateful, HE SPARED YOUR LIFE! Trust me …..Keep punching Mike, there will never be a MAN like you, a GLADIATOR like you, and a SOUL like you! Keep punching champion of champions!
“I remember once I bumped into him and thought I was hit by runaway BULLDOZER!!!”
Stallone’s post went viral and prompted an angry reaction from Jake Paul, who replied: “Always looked up to you as kid, but now you are a spreader of lies against my name. Sad to see you fall. Maybe it’s all the plastic surgery.”
Five days later, Stallone edited the post, retracted his initial statement, and issued an apology for his comments.
He wrote: “Just to set my personal record straight … upon Second, viewing the best man won that night. My apologies. Keep punching