Sydney Thomas reveals Jake Paul’s four-word message to her during Mike Tyson fight

Sydney Thomas, the viral ring girl who sent boxing fans wild during Jake Paul’s fight against Mike Tyson last month, has lifted the lid on her interactions with the former YouTuber. 

The 20-year-old rocketed into the spotlight in November when fans hailed her ‘the real winner’ of the Netflix showdown after Paul and Tyson starred in a 16-minute snooze fest at AT&T Stadium.

And on the back of newfound fame, the University of Alabama student revealed she will return to the ring for Paul’s company Most Valuable Promotions’ fights after meeting the fighter in Texas. 

‘I talked to him at the fight and he was just like, “Keep doing your thing,”‘ Thomas told People, adding that Paul told her she was ‘doing a great job’ in the ring.

The model and social media star was one of five ring girls working at the event at AT&T Stadium – along with Virginia Sanhouse, Lexi Williams, Delia Sylvain and Raphaela Milagres. 

In the wake of her fresh popularity, Thomas has revealed that her social media inbox has been inundated with messages on Instagram and TikTok from her thousands of new followers since the bout.

The model revealed what Paul (left) said to her during the Netflix event in Dallas, Texas

‘There’s everything, anything from blue check marks to random people,’ she spilled, revealing that most are ‘people trying to have a chance with me or trying to ask me on a date.’

But after breaking up with her boyfriend in summer, Thomas insisted she wasn’t ready to delve back into world of dating just yet. 

‘I don’t even care to read through any of that,’ she said. ‘I’m so happy with myself, and that’s where all my time is going, so anyone reaching out who’s wanting to be with me, it’s just slipping right on by because I do not have any intention to involve myself with that.’ 

Thomas is in her senior year of college but has been taking her classes online in order to keep a flexible schedule.

But as fresh opportunities come flooding in amid her newfound popularity, Thomas admitted that she feels overwhelmed. 

‘Everyone’s been asking me what’s next, and I was never expecting this to come fall into my lap all at once, and so I haven’t really thought that far ahead,’ she said.

‘Now, it’s all these big life questions of like, “What do you want to be? What do you want to do?”

‘It’s just such big things in this world that I’m now, as a 21-year-old, having to decide all this stuff for myself…It’s a lot right now….So I’m still figuring it all out and the path I want to go on and I don’t know. I don’t know. That’s my answer.’