Exclusive -‘He spared your life!’ – Sylvester Stallone sends message to Jake Paul following controversial fight with Mike Tyson..See More 👇

Sylvester Stallone has had his say on the biggest fight of the year.

The three-time Oscar-nominated actor made his name portraying a fictional boxer in the ‘Rocky’ franchise, which launched his career and made him a multi-millionaire.

An avid boxing fan, the 78-year-old of course turned in to watch Mike Tyson make his eagerly anticipated and controversial return to the ring against Jake Paul on Friday night.

‘Iron Mike’ claimed a moral victory in defeat after going the full eight-round distance with a man 31 years his junior, who has dedicated his life to combat sports for the past several years.

The 58-year-old struggled to land cleanly throughout the bout, but most people put that down to his age and the fact he hadn’t fought professionally since being stopped by Kevin McBride in 2005.

Still, Stallone is of the opinion that Tyson was more than capable of toppling Paul, who has built his 11-1 professional boxing record fighting undersized, old, and undertrained opponents.

The American thinks Paul should count himself lucky Tyson didn’t try to hurt him.

“Just to set my personal record straight,” Stallone wrote on Instagram.

Business is business. SOMETIMES you have to do hard things and sacrifice for the sake of helping your FAMILY…. I have known this unbelievable athlete since he’s 19 years old and what we saw was him giving one of the great Oscar winning performances of all time!!!!

“Please, Jake, be grateful, HE SPARED YOUR LIFE! Trust me …..Keep punching Mike, there will never be a MAN like you, a GLADIATOR like you, and a SOUL like you! Keep punching champion of champions!

“I remember once I bumped into him and thought I was hit by runaway BULLDOZER!!!”

Business is business. SOMETIMES you have to do hard things and sacrifice for the sake of helping your FAMILY…. I have known this unbelievable athlete since he’s 19 years old and what we saw was him giving one of the great Oscar winning performances of all time!!!!

“Please, Jake, be grateful, HE SPARED YOUR LIFE! Trust me …..Keep punching Mike, there will never be a MAN like you, a GLADIATOR like you, and a SOUL like you! Keep punching champion of champions!

“I remember once I bumped into him and thought I was hit by runaway BULLDOZER!!!”