'He's gonna try to hurt me', says Mike Tyson, 57, as he admits to being 'scared to death' of Jake Paul fight | 6WGBYG2 | 2024-04-04 09:08:01
The heavyweight boxing icon takes on YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul in a con
MIKE TYSON has admitted he's "scared to dying" forward of his battle with Jake Paul.
The heavyweight boxing icon takes on YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul in a controversial clash on July 20 in Texas.
Tyson formally retired in 2005 however did return in 2020 to draw over eight exhibition rounds with fellow nice Roy Jones Jr.
The Baddest Man on The Planet was filled with nerves back then four years ago – and nothing has changed now.
He informed FoxNews: "I've a bizarre character – I don't assume it's bizarre although.
"No matter I'm afraid to do, I do it. That's how it is. I was afraid of the Roy battle.
"I was 100lbs obese, I used to be nevertheless previous, 54, 53, and I stated, 'Let's do it.'
"Something I'm afraid of, I confront it. That's my character. Right now, I'm scared to demise.
"I all the time believed that adversity and nervousness just about catapulted me into success.
"If I didn't have these emotions, I wouldn't go into this battle. I've to have these emotions to struggle. With out them, I might never go in the ring."
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Tyson, who in 1986 became the youngest heavyweight champion of all time at 20, used to cry before each struggle.
And now, virtually 40 years on, he stated: "Because the battle will get closer, the less nervous I turn into, as a result of it's actuality. And in actuality, I'm invincible."
<!-- End of Brightcove Player --> Paul is 9-1 as a boxer, struggling his solely defeat final yr to Tommy Fury earlier than bouncing again with three straight wins.
And Tyson added: "I noticed a YouTube of him at 16 doing weird dances. That's not the man I'm gonna be preventing.
"This man is gonna come, he's gonna try to harm me, which I'm accustomed to, and he's gonna be enormously mistaken."
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