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Mike Tyson Calls His Battle with Jake Paul a Win Despite Loss: ‘I Almost Died in June’

American boxing legend Mike Tyson said on Saturday that he doesn’t think he’s lost in his fight against YouTuber Jake Paul, after he suffered a health crisis and almost lost his life last June.

Tyson wrote on his account on the platform “X” that last June he received “8 blood transfusions and almost died,” expressing his “gratitude” for the fight “about his last” in the boxing ring.

He explained in his post, “In a situation like this, when you lose, you are also a winner … I do not regret entering the ring for the last time.”

The legendary boxer explained his reaction by saying: “I almost lost my life in June won.”

Tyson (58 years old) pointed out that seeing his children “stand face to face and complete 8 rounds in front of a talented boxer half his age in the Dallas arena is an experience anyone would want to have.” , in front of a packed crowd. for.”

Paul (27 years old) won after 8 full rounds, in a difficult fight for the “Iron Champion”.

Tyson started the fight strongly in the first and second rounds, but the age difference grew very quickly, after the young star Paul advanced in the following six rounds.

The boxing legend, coming back from retirement, received many punches, stopped many of them, and also managed to land several strong points, but his opponent was worse and was able to for him to win in the end, by unanimous decision of the judges.

In the last 10 seconds of the eighth round, Paul stopped throwing punches and bowed out of respect for the star of the match. He also said after the match that he was “trying to beat Tyson reach and hurt him a little bit,” he said “I was afraid Mike would hurt him.”

The champion, who has long been called “the strongest man in the world”, said after his young rival was crowned that “Paul deserves respect,” the revealed that he wasn’t sure if he could box again or if this was, in fact, his last match.

The fight was originally scheduled to take place in July, but was postponed after Tyson required medical treatment on a flight between Miami and Los Angeles after bleeding due to an ulcer bleeding

2024-11-17 06:27:00

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