Jake Paul shared a video of his plane going through rough turbulence on his flight home from Dallas, with the social media star and boxer claiming his plane had been hit by lightning. Paul had been on the flight with a few friends and his dog, Thor, with the 27-year-old praying for a safe landing.
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While seemingly joking and remaining calm, Paul could be seen with one arm outstretched holding onto the roof of the plane while his other arm was tentatively around his golden retriever - who he regularly flies with.
A few of his friends on the flight appeared to be more worried by the ordeal, with Paul saying: "We woke up the gods of war and there's lightning on the plane brother. Zeus, I love you brother!" Paul's flight has since landed safely and is set to continue his training in Puerto Rico and Miami, Florida.
Paul also shared an image of his dog after the flight landed, who looked to be worried by the bumpy flight, with him posting a sad emoji as his dog posed for the image.
Paul has won his two most recent fights against Andre August and Ryan Bourland by knockout - but knows he faces a much tougher task in Mike Tyson.
He said: "What I promise to the people is on 20 July, Mike will be put to sleep and he will feel my power and I will go down as the man who put Tyson to sleep for the last time."
Tyson, though, spoke confidently ahead of the bout - believing he'll defeat Paul despite the 31-year age-gap between the two. He said: "He's not going to win. He can't even knock out Nate Diaz who is like 40 pounds. How's he going to knock me out?
"Who’s the other guy? Anderson Silva…. He didn't knock out Tommy Fury. He didn't knock those little guys out, how’s he going to knock me out?... Who did he knock out? Little children… he never knocked out a real man."
Paul comes into the July 20 fight as the favorite over Tyson - who makes his return to professional boxing after 19 years.
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