Boxing legend claims he wouldn't return to the ring as Mike Tyson is doing with Jake Paul

Even former champions like Barry McGuigan are concerned for Mike Tyson, who is fighting against Jake Paul at 57 years old. When he made his return to boxing against Roy Jones Jr., Mike was facing another old man but this is very different. McGuigan knows how complicated it will be for 'Iron MIke' and he wanted to offer his opinion on the former heavyweight champion coming back to the sport again. As Dana White already said during a recent interview, McGuigan understands there are offers one can simply not refuse and he understands how everybody is trying to help Mike Tyson feel comfortable. However, that doesn't mean he is happy with the decision made by the legend.

Speaking to The Sun, Barry McGuigan said: "You can be sure money's got something to do with it. The governing body should be seriously badly reprimanded for that - getting a 57-year-old guy in to box. That's just really stupid and irresponsible. He shouldn't be near a boxing ring at 57 years old. You must be joking, never. It's just irresponsible. It's very dangerous. I can still beat most of them on chin-ups and press-ups. The problem with so many of these influencers boxing is that the general public think anybody can do it. They can't. That's what annoys the professional fighters about these influencers. They're trying to steal headlines in the sense, 'OK, let's bring in Mike Tyson'. Because he's done it all, it just discredits what he's done in his career. He's the face of boxing."

McGuigan's thoughts on Jake Paul pushing for this fight

About the effort from Jake Paul, McGuigan came right at him for challenging a veteran Mike Tyson to fight. This is what the former Irish champion said: "Jake Paul's not going to put on his YouTube channel when he spars bad or when he feels crap and he's upset and he's crying or he's frustrated. He's only putting on the good days. Kids just wanna see glitz and glamour and gossip. This sport's a real hard sport and you can't fake it, you can't just suddenly get to a world title. You can't just turn up one day without no training. You've got to put the hours and work in and it's brutal."