American rapper Wiz Khalifa, who is well-known and has a passion for combat sports, occasionally trains in MMA. When he invested in the Professional Fight League (PFL), Khalifa further cemented his reputation in the public eye. There are numerous videos floating around the internet that demonstrate the rapper’s innate aptitude in combat.
And he got caught up in the discussion of sparring with Mike Tyson in a recent episode of Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson. Tyson retorted that if he touched Khalifa, he would be held accountable.
Well, many boxing fans would be intrigued to watch them engage in some entertaining sparring. Tyson, though, is too large and hefty for Khalifa. That isn’t the reason Tyson doesn’t want to compete against Khalifa, though. The two continued by talking about the future of music.
Mike Tyson on sparring with Wiz Khalifa
The co-host of the show, DJ Whoo Kid, asked Mike Tyson to spar with Wiz Khalifa, as he was too intrigued to see that match-up. He wanted to see Khalifa’s skills against an actual boxer. Here, the rapper interrupted him and said, “Mike don’t wanna hit me. It’s not even I don’t wanna do it, he doesn’t want to hit me.”
The rapper understands that there are weight classes for a reason, and it would be futile to get inside the ring with a Heavyweight, even if it’s just sparring. Tyson understood Khalifa’s sentiments, and he stated that it was too much of a hassle to put on shorts for just a sparring session.
Then he also revealed the repercussions he will have to face if he even touched Khalifa. He said, “My kids will- my kids will attack me.” So Tyson waved off the topic cleverly. And then he talked about how he doesn’t know anything about the trends that are going on in social media. One time, he even blamed the influence of social media for encouraging “disrespect” in his viral altercation video on a flight.
Mike Tyson comments on the future of music
Kid, after his failed attempt to make the other two entities spar with each other, asked Khalifa about the future of music. Khalifa replied that a lot of things have changed in the industry now, as the 45-second songs on TikTok are “winning” and even his son listens to that format more.
Tyson interrupted here and stated, “I don’t know sh*t that’s going on out there.” Khalifa further went on to talk about how there would be no more unfair music contracts, as most of the artists are capable of sustaining independently.
It does make sense, as Tyson is a 56-year-old man, so it’s apparent that he’s not updated with all the current social media trends.