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BOXER Kalvin Henderson says he bloodied Jake Paul up so badly in sparring that he got booted out of the training camp. Henderson was among a group of sparring partners selected to help Paul prepare for his February 2023 bout against Tommy Fury. Kalvin Henderson and Jake Paul formerly sparredCredit: Instagram @kalvinhendersonHenderson says he left Jake Paul bloodiedCredit: FIGHT HUB TVFootage emerged from his camp in Dubai showing the YouTuber-turned-boxer having blood wiped from his nose in the gym. Henderson revealed he was the man responsible – and it cost him his place in the training camp. He told SunSport: “The last sparring session is when I really opened up because some of the things they were saying in camp. When we first started, they wanted me to give Jake a certain look. “He was fighting Tommy and from their understanding, they thought Tommy was trying to stay on the outside and box and kinda use more of an amateur style.READ MORE IN BOXING”And so they wanted me to kind of mimic that style. So, for a while I was, but then everybody in camp kept asking me, ‘We need you to really push him, man. I need you to do this.’ “I’m like, ‘How do you all want me to push him and you keep putting me on these leashes? “And finally, one of his coaches, I ain’t gonna say his name, the coach told me, ‘Hey man, I ain’t gonna lie. You out here looking like a sucker.'”I’m like, ‘What?’ So when he told me that, the next sparring session I have made in my mind right now, I’m not boxing him, I’m not sitting on the outside, I’m gonna straight dog him. Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS”I’m walking straight to him, I’m gonna let them go. That was the sparring session you saw that got posted where he was leaking with blood everywhere.”That was the last time I sparred Mr Paul. They sent me back home! They kicked me out of camp, they told me they didn’t need my services anymore and they kicked me out of camp. Fans get first look of Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson training camp with Iron Mike ‘looking like he’s 25 again'”So when I put it on him, it, it got kinda hot and then still when I put it him on, I was impressed that he kept coming out ready to compete every round.”He didn’t necessarily quit. You can see the style kinda changed. He was moving and was okay with just using the jab but that was the last time I spared Mr Paul.”Henderson, 34, says sparring days were Tuesday and Thursday at the Dubai training base. But after Paul fell ill, it was moved to Saturday, although Henderson was no longer welcome. He revealed: “I show up Saturday, I’m putting my sparring gear on one of the coaches goes, ‘No, you good, man. You’re not sparring today he’s sparring the other guy for a couple of rounds, just kind of moving around a little bit.'”Oh, all right. First time they ever said I wasn’t sparing, ever. And then it came on Sunday the next day I get a text from BJ Flores, ‘Yo, man, we’re gonna fly you back. You just got the style we’re looking for.’ “I was in camp for three weeks already. Three weeks. But now after the sparring session, I don’t get to spar on Saturday? You put two and two together.” Paul, 27, was later defeated on points by Fury, 25, so far the only blemish on his 11-fight record ahead of his fight with Tyson. He was leaking with blood everywhere. That was the last time I sparred Mr Paul. They sent me back home! Kalvin Henderson And Henderson admits he was impressed by the social media star. He said: “What people don’t understand is how athletic Jake Paul really is. He really is more athletic than what people think he is.”And so I think it’ll be a competitive fight. I won’t be shocked if Jake wins. I actually have him winning. But it’s gonna be competitive.”Paul has four wins since his defeat to Fury meanwhile 58-year-old Tyson returns for his first professionally-sanctioned bout in 20 YEARS. But the fight is to be boxed over eight two-minute rounds – opposed to the usual three – with bigger 14oz gloves instead of 10oz. Henderson, having spent nearly a month sparring Paul last year, urged Iron Mike to slowly wear down the younger man. He advised: “If I’m Mike Tyson, I’m his coach in his corner, I tell Mike to play the long game.”I will come out and provide pressure on Jake and kinda make Jake burn and kinda shoot his wild a little bit and then kinda clinch up and just kinda play the long game.READ MORE SUN STORIES”And, as rounds go on start picking it up, turn the heat up and then looking to catch him in the later rounds with a good shot.” Henderson is 19-2-1 after beating Cleotis Pendarvis in October and returns on December 7 at light-heavyweight. Mike Tyson facing off with Jake PaulCredit: Getty More

MIKE TYSON must knock out Jake Paul for the sake of his reputation. That is according to Joe Egan, who sparred the boxing great when they were both teenage amateurs. Mike Tyson facing off with Jake PaulCredit: RexEgan spent two years training with Iron Mike before he became the youngest heavyweight champion of all time aged just 20 in 1986. But the Irishman fears that will be just one of the legendary feats to be tarnished if Tyson is beaten by YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul on Friday. Egan told SunSport: “I think Paul is going to be confronted with that wrecking machine on the 15th, and I sort of say this in hope, I hope that Mike knocks him out.“Because, it’s going to diminish his achievements of the 91 seconds against Michael Spinks, three rounds with Trevor Berbick.READ MORE IN BOXING“It’s going to take away from all of that because Jake Paul isn’t the man to beat Mike Tyson at this stage of his life or at this age of his career, because he will tarnish his reputation as an all-time great.”Egan and Tyson remained good friends in the years after their sparring sessions in the Catskills in New York. And Egan was even at Tyson’s last professional bout – over 20 YEARS ago when he quit on his stool and threw the towel in on his career. Egan, who has launched new company Platinum Prizes, recalls: “I was at that fight in Washington DC, but it was a shell of a man. It was a shell of a man.Most read in BoxingJAKE PAUL VS MIKE TYSON: ALL THE DETAILS YOU NEED AHEAD OF HUGE BOUTCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS”And when Danny Williams beat him, it was the British heavyweight champion European heavyweight champion, no shame to lose to that man.“But it was still the shell of a man in Mike Tyson, right? McBride was a good heavyweight but Jake Paul is no McBride and he isn’t Danny Williams.”TYSON FEUD Mike Tyson discusses street fight with Mitch Green before Donald Trump saved his careerPaul, 27, has ten wins and only a single loss to Tommy Fury, 25, in his boxing record. And Egan – who retired himself at 13-3 while also representing Ireland as an amateur – respects the social media star. He said: “Jake Paul has got something that fighters are born with, and that’s courage. You can teach a person skills but you can’t teach them courage.“Now, if you haven’t got courage, you go and play other sports. You don’t play boxing.“You play basketball, you play golf, you play tennis, you play soccer, you don’t play boxing so he’s got quality that I admire. He’s got an admirable quality.“The fact that he wants to climb into the ring with the most powerful puncher of his era, 58 or 28 – doesn’t matter. Mike Tyson is still a wrecking machine.”Mike Tyson with former sparring partner Joe Egan More