Former Baddest Man on the Planet was reflective in open workout as he geared up for inglorious fight with YouTuber
Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson returns to the ring to face YouTuber turned pro-fighter Jake Paul on 15 November, in Texas.Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson returns to the ring to face YouTuber turned pro-fighter Jake Paul on 15 November, in Texas.
Twelve hours later, at the Toyota Music Factory in Irving, a 20-minute drive from Arlington, Tyson and Paul staged a public workout to kickstart this surreal fight week which will culminate in fisticuffs on. Tyson was said to be “ferocious” as he backed his cornerman against the ropes. The trainer wore a body protector which absorbed the blows while Tyson showed decent head movement as he threw some relatively fast combinations.
Tyson seemed scary but his best years as a fighter were already behind him. The fighter I watched that afternoon was not a patch on the world champion who, in 1988, obliterated the previously outstanding Michael Spinks with a display of fury and skill that, for the 91 seconds it lasted, captured the magnetism of boxing.
Tyson was asked about his family and, perhaps a little hard of hearing these days, murmured: “Say that once again, please.”He eventually made a little joke that all ageing dads could understand: “To my children I’m nobody … they take me for granted. They talk a lot of mess to me that nobody else would.”
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