Viral social media posts declare former two-time heavyweight champion Mike Tyson draped the Palestinian flag round his physique forward of his extremely publicized Nov. 15 boxing match with YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul.
“Mike Tyson poses with the Palestinian flag earlier than his historic struggle,” a Nov. 15 Fb publish mentioned. The publish included a picture of Tyson with the four-color flag resting on his neck and shoulders. A distinct Fb publish claimed Tyson wore the flag a day earlier than his struggle with Paul.
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These claims are fallacious. Tyson, 58, didn’t show the Palestinian flag throughout his prematch look or through the struggle which he misplaced to Paul, 27. Some mentioned Tyson wore the flag a day earlier than his match however his public look on that day doesn’t assist this.
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We reviewed the livestream of the Nov. 14 prematch weigh-in and it exhibits Tyson wore a personally branded jacket and Versace bottoms. The photograph within the declare exhibits Tyson in a boxing ring, however the weigh-in was on the Toyota Music Manufacturing unit in Irving, Texas, not in a boxing ring.
On struggle night time, Tyson wore a short-sleeved black poncho and black shorts. We discovered no pictures exhibiting Tyson and the Palestinian flag from information businesses that coated this match. The dearth of pictures from trusted information sources for a extremely publicized occasion sign this picture will not be genuine.
We charge the declare that Tyson posed with the Palestinian flag False.
