Boxing: Ahead of his much anticipated return against Jake Paul, relive what happened the last time Mike Tyson stepped into the boxing ring as a professional
Tyson embarrassed in last pro fight | 05:07Nearly 40 years after making his professional debut, and 19 years after being battered into retirement, a 58-year-old Mike Tyson will climb back into the ring on Friday for a Netflix-backed bout that has drawn widespread condemnation across the boxing world.
The fight, which will be comprised of eight two-minute rounds, was initially due to take place in July but was postponed in May after Tyson required medical treatment on a flight from Miami to Los Angeles after vomiting blood due to a bleeding ulcer. “I don’t like it – I’m a boxing purist. Boxing is a massive part of my life and I don’t want to see a 58-year-old Mike Tyson fight,” Hearn said
“Anyone with an ounce of brains knows that it is ridiculous. You can be on a motorway stuck in a traffic jam and you get to the end of it and all it is people who have stopped to look at a crash - and that’s what this is.”What’s confusing for fans is others in the boxing fraternity believe the fix is in to protect Paul, not Tyson.
“I spoke to Mike,” Fenech said. “I told him what I think he should do. Don’t punch with him, don’t punch at the same time as Jake Paul. Just make him miss and make him pay.“You don’t lose that power and his greatest attribute was being able to make someone miss, then make them pay,” he added. “When I agreed to this fight and started training, I thought ‘What was I thinking of?’ But I’ve finished the process. The fight is the party. All the hard work is done.”
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