Mike Tyson After a 19-year break, he returned to the ring to fight a “big” fight with the 31-year-younger influencer Jake Paul. As it turned out, the fight was not one of the best in the heavyweight legend's career, and it ended in a full-distance defeat. Of course, there was also criticism and statements that the fight was fixed and Paul simply did not want to hurt his idol.
Mike Tyson confessed how he felt after the fight with Jake Paul. A sad confession of a legend
Just over a month after the loss fights Tyson appeared on FOX Sports Radio, where he was asked, among others, about the fight itself, physical form and well-being after the fight. At the beginning he admitted that he didn't remember much and he wasn't himself in the ring. “It was all a great challenge,” he said later.
– When the fight was over, I felt like wow and boom, I'm a little depressed, Tyson continued. “The Sun” even wrote about the legend's “depressed” well-being boxing. – I had to get back to everyday life. “I trained for nine months,” added the disappointed 58-year-old, who misses some of the fuss and hype that the high-profile fight brought.
Tyson is sure that he will never appear in the ring again and the competition with Paul was definitely the last one in his career. Earlier, “Iron Mike” wrote about it on social media in a rather emotional entry.
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“I am grateful for last night. I do not regret that I entered the ring for the last time. I am glad that my children saw me fight a talented fighter half my age in a packed stadium,” wrote the legendary boxer.
According to media reports, Mike Tyson received a really generous fee for the fight with Jake Paul. Specifically, it's as much as $20 million, which is half as much as its rival.