Why did Mike Tyson fight Jake Paul? Floyd Russ says that it was the most innocent question that garnered the most unexpected response.
He had asked the former world heavyweight boxing champion why he climbed back into the ring at the age of 58. “And he goes, ‘The toad told me to. Anytime I have a big decision to make, I consult the toad.’”
The American-born documentary filmmaker knew that his Netflix project to chronicle one of the most compelling, complicated and arguably most misunderstood athletes of the 20th century would be an adventure, but he surely couldn’t have imagined that he’d end up going on a psychedelic trip with the fighter once dubbed “The Baddest Man On The Planet.”
