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Fascinating story behind ridiculous truck Jake Paul rode in for Mike Tyson fight

  • Jake Paul made a dramatic entrance for his fight against Mike Tyson
  • The YouTuber-turned-boxer rolled in on a custom truck
  • The one-off truck has an interesting backstory

Published on Nov 19, 2024 at 1:50 AM (UTC+4)
by Claire Reid

Last updated on Nov 19, 2024 at 1:50 AM (UTC+4)
Edited by Kate Bain

If you watched the fight between Mike Tyson versus Jake Paul at the weekend, you will most likely have seen the bizarre-looking customized 1992 Chevy 3500 Dually Paul used to make his entrance. 

According to Netflix, around 60 million households tuned in to watch the eagerly anticipated bout. 

Knowing that all eyes were on him, YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul made sure to grab everyone’s attention as he headed into the ring. 

Or, as commentator Mauro Ranallo put it: “Jake Paul knows how to make an entrance.”

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Jake Paul made a dramatic entrance for his fight against Mike Tyson

And he’s not wrong, within seconds of Paul rolling out in the truck – sitting alongside brother Logan – social media was flooded with comments and posts about the one-off vehicle known as Krew Kut.

It turns out, the green-colored custom truck actually has its own interesting backstory. 

The ridiculous truck Jake Paul rode in for Mike Tyson fight actually has a fascinating story behind it
Gas Monkey Garage

A legendary show car back in the 1990s, poor old Krew Kut fell into a state of disrepair and was left gathering dust in a storage facility. 

Thankfully, the Chevy came to the attention of Richard Rawlings from Gas Monkey Garage – who you may remember as the genius team behind this modified Ferrari Testarossa 6X6.

Krew Kut has had an interesting life

Rawlings wasted no time in snapping up the unique vehicle, despite not fully knowing what he’d got his hands on. 

“I got a call about this ‘92 Chevy C3500 known as the ’Krew Kut’, good thing the Monkeys knew what it was because I sure as hell thought it was just a dusty, dirty old truck,” he explained in an episode of Fast N’ Loud. 

“Turns out it’s this legendary, long-lost magazine truck from the 1990s so we got it back to the garage and I gave the Monkeys three weeks to bring it back to life.”

The team ripped out the Chevy’s original 454 and replaced it with a Katech 496 LS capable of producing more than 600 horsepower. 

They also gave the interiors an overhaul, replacing the somewhat garish purple, blue, and white with much smarter-looking all-black leather upholstery, carpets, and dash. 

As well as being a true piece of automotive history, Krew Kut’s unexpected appearance at one of the most-watched boxing matches in the history now cements its place in sporting history.

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Claire Reid is a journalist who hails from the UK but is now living in New Zealand. She began her career after graduating with a degree in Journalism from Liverpool John Moore’s University and has more than a decade of experience, writing for both local newspapers and national news sites. Across her career she's covered a wide variety of topics, including celebrity, cryptocurrency, politics, true crime and just about everything in between.