Mike Tyson promised fireworks ahead of his highly anticipated fight against Jake Paul and immediately followed up on that promise before Friday night’s showdown. Fans saw that fiery intensity during Thursday’s weigh-in at AT&T Stadium.

Tyson, weighing in at 233 pounds, confronted Paul in the traditional pre-fight stare-down. Paul, who tipped the scales at a career-high 220 pounds, added his own theatrical twist by lunging forward from a crouched position to get in Tyson’s face. What followed was an explosive moment that electrified the crowd.

Tyson responded with a swift open-handed slap that landed squarely on Paul’s face, forcing security to step in and separate the fighters. Undeterred, Paul mocked Tyson, grinning and playing to the audience as tensions boiled over. According to an ESPN source close to Tyson, the slap was provoked by Paul deliberately stepping on the former heavyweight champion’s foot during the face-off. The source revealed that Tyson had grown tired of Paul’s relentless trash talk, with the foot stomp serving as the final straw.