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Mike Tyson has lavished praise on the late, great Muhammad Ali as his seismic showdown with Jake Paul creeps closer. The two men are due to do battle at the AT&T Stadium in Texas on July 20, despite a big backlash to their fight due to the huge 30-year age gap between the two fighters. Tyson has now sat down with Nick Kyrgios to discuss the upcoming bout. When asked who inspired him to get into boxing, he said: “Oh, Roberto Duran. Number one, yeah.” When quizzed on whether Ali was among the greats to inspire a young Tyson, the 57-year-old then added: “No, Ali caused me to be interested in boxi…

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