Iron Mike Tyson has no plans to heed the warnings to his health as he prepares to battle Jake Paul in his return to professional boxing on November 15, and has thrown down a new challenge to the YouTuber-turned-fighter.
Initially set to clash on July 20, the fight had to be rearranged when Tyson suffered an ulcer flare up on a flight whilst Paul insisted they have the same amount of time to directly prepare for each other.
Resurfaced video of Mike Tyson smoking weed
So they booked in November 15 at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the Dallas Cowboys in what will be Tyson's first professional fight since 2005 and will be streamed live by Netflix.
However, it has been controversially received due to the unique rules such as shorter and fewer rounds and heavier gloves as well as the age disparity between the 58-year-old, who battered his body with drugs in his youth, and the 27-year-old.
But nonetheless, the ex-undisputed heavyweight champion of the world intends to press on to chase the 51st win of his career in a new video showing just how much effort he's putting in to the upcoming bout.
Drenched in sweat, seeping through his clothes and pouring down his brow, the most feared boxer of all-time looked as menacing as he did in the early 1990s once again with his iconic death stare on full show.
The caption was characteristically simple for the man known for wearing black shorts with no ring walk music, as he wrote, "We win."
It's an ominous warning for Paul of what he's getting into. Paul has only fought one true boxer through 11 fights when he faced and lost to Tommy Fury in 2023 and was comprehensively outclassed, despite scoring a flash knockdown.
Who did Mike Tyson last beat?
Mike Tyson last fought as a professional in 2005 when he retired in his sign-off fight against Kevin McBridge at the MCI Center in Washington DC but his last win is even further back into the past than 19 years ago.
The last time the youngest heavyweight champion ever claimed a pro win was when he stopped Clifford Etienne at the age of 36 on February 22, 2003 in a round one knockout, putting his opponent down inside 50 seconds.
