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(Watch) Mike Tyson Reveals Embarrassing Moment With UFC Super Fan Hasbulla: ‘I Thought He Was A Baby’

Originally posted on Ringside Intel | By Jason Burgos | Last updated Nov 4, 2024 1:36 PM ET

In a hilarious moment during a recent interview, boxing icon Mike Tyson spoke about his shock at finding out mini UFC super fan Hasbulla is a grown man.

The 2024 boxing schedule is nearly over, but there are still quite a few major matchups left to go down this year. For many diehard fans, Tyson Fury’s rematch against Oleksandr Usyk in December is the last must-see fight on the calendar. However, for casuals, Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul is the bout they are most looking forward to close the year.

The scrap between the heavyweight legend and YouTuber turned boxer is just a couple of weeks away and Tyson has been making the media rounds to promote the fight. Recently he had a sit down with fellow boxing great Andre Ward. During their conversation, Ward asked Tyson about a weird interaction he once had with the social media star simply known as Hasbulla.

Mike Tyson seems to regret cradling Hasbulla like a baby

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Russian combat sports fan Hasbulla has become a superstar on social media over the last four years. At first glance, he looks and sounds like he might be a small child. And it makes his videos where he is doing dangerous things like driving a car all the more shocking.

However, while he looks like a child, he is actually a grown man. Well, during a tour with the Nelk Boys last year, he came face-to-face with Mike Tyson. But it seems the heavyweight great did not get the memo that Hasbulla is not a child.

“I thought it was a baby,” Tyson said when asked if the video of him cradling the mini-man was real. “And he was punching me; I don’t know man. That’s how I am with children. I was hugging on this guy. He’s like 26 years old.”

Tyson looks like he deeply regrets the interaction where he is kissing the 22-year-old on the ear and cheek like an adult would do to a cute baby. The next time the two cross paths, one can only hope someone is there to record it all.

This article first appeared on Ringside Intel and was syndicated with permission.

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