Next July 20, at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and with Netflix streaming, Mike Tyson will get into a ring again at the age of 58. And he will do it in an official fight, unlike his experience in 2020, when he starred in an exhibition against another legend like Roy Jones junior. His rival will be the YouTuber Jake Paul, 21 years younger, but beyond his beginnings on social networks, with formal filming in boxing. The event generated such expectation inside and outside the environment that they expect 80,000 tickets to be sold out, including VIP tickets at ring side that amount to 2,000,000 dollars.
Former heavyweight champion from 2015 to 2020 by the World Boxing Council (his last fight was in December), he was fierce when referring to this return of the mythological athlete, who had the endorsement of the Texas Commission, which gave him character. official with the conditions that the fight be eight rounds of two minutes each and be carried out with 14-ounce gloves (more padded than the usual ten-ounce ones). “Nobody gives a damn about Mike Tyson,” he surprised in an interview with Sportsbook Review.
“I think it’s bad that the Commission gave him the license because he hasn’t been active in 20 years. So they shouldn’t give him leave just because of who he is, because that’s how people get hurt. “God forbid he gets hurt… He’s too old for this. At the end of the day, no one gives a shit about Mike, because if they did they wouldn’t approve of the fight. “I don’t want people to remember him for being knocked out by a YouTuber,” was his full statement.
To each of the criticisms, Iron Mike reacted with blunt responses. “Are you worried or jealous? Tell me. I don’t know. I’m 58 years old, so what? I get billions of views just for talking to someone about the fight. Everyone, even most athletes, is jealous. I say, ‘At your peak, you couldn’t attract a million people.’ Who, at 58 years old, could fill a stadium with 80,000 seats? ”He exposed his ego in dialogue with Reuters.
And, to contradict them, he adhered to a strict plan, first, in terms of personal conduct. “For six weeks I haven’t taken drugs or had sex. I am living my life in a disciplined way now, so I will have to fight in a disciplined way,” he confessed. And then he made drastic changes to his diet. After embracing veganism, today he consumes “raw meat” instead of tofu. “I’m going to have to eat it now because my opponent is going to be raw meat,” she justified.
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