Nostalgia is a powerful thing and it has a lot of people riding with former undisputed heavyweight champion "Iron" Mike from a betting perspective. The more skeptical fortune tellers side with Paul's 31-year youth edge and relative boxing success. Whatever side you fall on, there's a morbid curiosity about the whole thing.

At a press conference for Friday’s fight night, more undercard boxers picked Tyson to beat Paul than vice versa

Fury has been one of the few to publicly back the fight, which takes place on Friday night in Dallas, Texas, in front of 80,000 fans over eight two-minute rounds