Mike Tyson is a legend of world boxing. Despite being 58 years old, the former heavyweight world champion decided to return to the ring in November. His rival was 27-year-old Jake Paul – an American YouTuber and boxer. This duel is over victory of the younger player by unanimous decision of the judges. The fight was originally scheduled for July, but was postponed due to concerns about “Iron Mike”'s health.
Will Mike Tyson fight again?
After the fight, Tyson posted a moving entry on his Instagram. “It's one of those situations where you lose but you still win. I'm grateful for last night. I don't regret being in the ring one last time. I almost died in June. I had 8 blood transfusions. I lost half of my blood and 25 pounds (11 kilograms – editor's note) in the hospital and I had to fight for my health,” he wrote.
After this fight, people began to wonder whether we would see Mike Tyson in the ring again. His son, Amir, spoke on this matter and revealed in an interview for “Seconds Out” that an important vote for this topic has his wife – Laikha Spicer. – I think it's over. My stepmom says he's done and they're a team. It's their joint decision, he said, quoted by the Daily Mail.
Despite concerns about Mike's health, Amir admitted that he is proud of his father. “Of course I was worried, but I knew he wouldn't be knocked out because he can take punches,” he concluded.
The Fame MMA Federation wanted to contract Mike Tyson
While ago Mateusz Borek revealed that there was an idea for Mike Tyson fought in Poland at the Fame MMA gala. – The first idea of the FAME federation, when it turned out that there would be a concept of creating a gala at the PGE National Stadium and that Tomasz Adamek would fight in the main event, was a fight with Mike Tyson – he said on Channel Sportowy.
– We were looking for his contact details and, of course, his agent contacted us. I imagined that the man who owed a few dollars to Tomek Babilonski would be interested in a salary of PLN 500,000-600,000. dollars. However, there were millions at stake here, he concluded.